Edwin Tulley Newton

Edwin Tulley Newton FRS FGS FZS (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.

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