About Edwin Tulley Newton
Lived 1840 – 1930 (aged 89). Edwin Tulley Newton was a British botanist and paleontologist.
Edwin Tulley Newton (4 May 1840 – 28 January 1930) was a British paleontologist.
Newton originally worked at handicrafts, but was able to attend Thomas Henry Huxley's lectures and by 1865, was appointed as his assistant. In 1882, he became a paleontologist to the "Geologic Survey", a position he retained until 1905. His early work included microscopic sectioning of coal and notable studies on cockroach brains.
Later, he did work on chimaeroid fish fossils. In 1893, Newton won the Lyell Medal. He was the president of the Geologists' Association in 1896–1898 and the president of the Palaeontographical Society from 1921 to 1928.
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Who was Edwin Tulley Newton?
British paleontologist (1840-1930)
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Edwin Tulley Newton was born on 4 May 1840 in Islington.
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Edwin Tulley Newton died on 28 January 1930 in London.
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Edwin Tulley Newton was a botanist and paleontologist.
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Edwin Tulley Newton was British.
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