Alfred Newton FRS (Geneva, 11 June 1829 – Cambridge, 7 June 1907) was an English zoologist and ornithologist.
Newton was Professor of Comparative Anatomy at Cambridge University from 1866 to 1907. In 1900 he was awarded the Royal Medal of the Royal Society and the Gold Medal of the Linnaean Society.
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