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Alfred Newton

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Alfred Newton

English zoologist and ornithologist (1829-1907)

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About Alfred Newton

Alfred Newton FRS HFRSE was an English zoologist and ornithologist. Newton was Professor of Comparative Anatomy at Cambridge University from 1866 to 1907. Among his numerous publications were a four-volume Dictionary of Birds (1893–6), entries on ornithology in the Encyclopædia Britannica while also an editor of the journal Ibis from 1865 to 1870. In 1900 he was awarded the Royal Medal of the Royal Society and the Gold Medal of the Linnaean Society. He founded the British Ornithologists Union.

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Occupation

ornithologist, zoologist, evolutionary biologist, botanical collector

Citizenship

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Born

June 11, 1829

Died

June 7, 1907

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