Edwin Tulley Newton

Edwin Tulley Newton (some sources spell his middle name as Tully) (born May 1840 in London; died 28 January 1930) was a British paleontologist. He 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 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 Chimæroid fish fossils. In 1893 he won the Lyell Medal. He was president of the Geologists' Association in 1896–1898 and president of the Palaeontographical Society from 1921 to 1928. Newton was elected F.G.S. in 1873, F.Z.S. in 1885, and F.R.S in 1893.