Edwin Tulley Newton

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Edwin Tulley Newton

paleontologist
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Lepidodiscus milleri, a fossil echinoderm[1]

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.[2]

Later, he did work on

Fellow of the Geological Society in 1873, Zoological Society of London in 1885, and Fellow of the Royal Society in 1893.[4]

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