Alfred newton biography book

English zoologist and ornithologist

For the British businessman and Lord Mayor of London, see Sir Alfred Newton, 1st Baronet. For the American author, publisher, and book collector, see A. Edward Newton.

Alfred NewtonFRS HFRSE (11 June &#;&#; 7 June ) was an Englishzoologist and ornithologist. Newton was Professor of Comparative Anatomy at Cambridge University from to Among his numerous publications were a four-volume Dictionary of Birds (–6), entries on ornithology in the Encyclopædia Britannica (9th edition)^[1] while also an editor of the journal Ibis from to In he was awarded the Royal Medal of the Royal Society and the Gold Medal of the Linnaean Society. He founded the British Ornithologists Union.

Life

Alfred Newton was born near Geneva^[2] in Switzerland, the fifth son of William Newton of Elveden Hall in Suffolk, Member of Parliament (MP) for Ipswich; his mother Elizabeth (–) was the daughter of Richard Slater Milnes, MP