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Newton, Alfred, 1829-1907 (zoologist)

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Dates

  • Existence: 1829 - 1907

Biography

Alfred Newton (1829-1907), zoologist, was born in Geneva on 11 June 1829, and entered Magdalene College, Cambridge, in 1848 (B.A., 1853). He carried out ornithological research work with the ornithologist John Woolley in Lapland (1855) and Iceland (1858), and independently in the West Indies (1857) and Spitsbergen (1864). In 1866 he became Professor of Zoology at Cambridge University, where he pioneered zoological study. He was made Fellow of the Royal Society in 1870. Newton died on 7 June 1907.

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

 Fonds

Alfred Newton: Lectures

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6415
Scope and Contents

A series of lectures by Alfred Newton on the following subjects: Protozoa, Polypi, Acalephae, Echinodermata, Vermes, Crustacea, Arachnida, Mollusca, and Mammalia (115 folios). There is an accompanying note by Charles M. Newton, 11 July 1907.

Dates: 1866-1875
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Fonds

Alfred Newton library: bequest to Department of Zoology, 1908-09

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9890
Dates: 1908-1909
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Fonds

Alfred Newton Papers

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9839
Dates: 1798-1907
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Fonds

Francis Jenkinson and others: Miscellaneous Letters and Postcards

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8398
Scope and Contents

Correspondence preserved on account of its philatelic interest, and comprising mainly postcards addressed to F.J.H. Jenkinson, Librarian, and other members of the Library staff, together with a few addressed to Alfred Newton, Professor of Zoology, and other members of the University. The senders were booksellers or private individuals. A few of the postcards are unsigned or signed only with initials.

Dates: 1876-1922
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Fonds

Margaret Cave autograph collection

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10462
Scope and Contents The collection of signed autograph letters was compiled by Miss Margaret Cave, (later Turville-Petre), chiefly in the 1890s. It has been arranged in the following series: MS Add.10462/1/1-16, letters received by the Cave family, 1882-1897, including Margaret and her parents; subsequently a few letters received by her and her husband, Oswald Turville-Petre, 1912-14; MS Add.10462/2/1-16, letters received from a Cave family friend, Alfred Newton, Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge and...
Dates: 1820-1915

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