Person Newton; Alfred (1829 - 1907); zoologist Newton Alfred zoologist 1829 - 1907 British Male Les Délices, Geneva, Switzerland, Europe 11 June 1829 18290611 Old Lodge at Magdalene, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom 07 June 1907 19070607 Burial: St Giles' cemetery, now Ascension Cemetery, Cambridge

Zoologist Ornithology Education: Magdalene College, Cambridge. BA (1853), MA Career: Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge; Drury Travelling Fellow, studying ornithology in Lapland and Iceland (1854-1863); visited the West Indies and North America (1857) and Madeira (1862); visited Spitsbergen (1864); Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy, University of Cambridge (1866-1907); edited Ibis (1865-1870); died of heart disease following a bout of dropsy. Awards/Medals: Gold medal of the Linnean Society 1900 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) Founded the British Ornithologists Union in 1858. Royal Society roles: VP 1889-1891 Medals and prizes: Royal Medal 1900 Fellow 02/06/1870 41 Edward Joseph Lowe Thomas Spencer Cobbold David Thomas Ansted William Kitchen Parker James Salter John Gwyn Jeffreys Thomas Blizard Curling Joseph Prestwich Edward William Brayley Adam Sedgwick George Murray Humphry Albert Gunther Charles Cardale Babington Philip Lutley Sclater Henry Baker Tristram George Busk William Henry Flower John Edw Gray Charles Darwin Charles Lyell Richard Owen Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc Series B 1908 vol 80 pp xlv-xlix signed by A G References: Sir Gavin de Beer, ed, 'Some Unpublished Letters of Charles Darwin' in NR 1959 vol 14 pp 12-66 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Newton%2C+Alfred RCN 56870 RCN 15732 RCN 56871 11 Jun 1829 - 7 Jun 1907 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 21/05/2025 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA3013 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 17/03/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/64772155 8edfd4d4-25ac-4942-9f75-2744ebd72d28