Alfred Newton
1829 - 1907
- Born
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11 June 1829
Les Délices, Geneva, Switzerland, Europe
- Died
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07 June 1907
Old Lodge at Magdalene, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 02/06/1870
- Age at the time of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 41
- Fields of Interest
- Ornithology
- Occupation
- Zoologist
- Relationships
- Parents: William Newton of Elvedon, Suffolk, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Sclater Milnes of Fryston Hall, Yorkshire. The family moved to Elveden in 1813 from their sugar plantations in St Croix in the West Indies, which they retained. Cousin: Richard Monckton Miles (FRS 1868)
- Catalogue
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- Wikipedia
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Author of
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Referee's report by Thomas Henry Huxley, on a paper 'On the osteology of the solitaire or Didine Bird of the Island of Rodriguez, Pezophaps solitaria ( Gmel.)' by Alfred Newton and Edward Newton
Creator: Thomas Henry Huxley Reference number: RR/6/200 -
Referee's report by Richard Owen, on a paper 'On the osteology of the solitaire or Didine Bird of the Island of Rodriguez, Pezophaps solitaria ( Gmel.)' by Alfred Newton and Edward Newton
Creator: Richard Owen Reference number: RR/6/201