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Alfred Newton

1829 - 1907

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Alfred Newton FRS HFRSE (11 June 1829 – 7 June 1907) was an English zoologist and ornithologist. Newton was Professor of Comparative Anatomy at Cambridge University from 1866 to 1907. Among his numerous publications were a four-volume Dictionary of Birds (1893–6), entries on ornithology in the Encyclopædia Britannica (9th edition) while also an editor of the journal Ibis from 1865 to 1870. In 1900 he was awarded the Royal Medal of the Royal Society and the Gold Medal of the Linnaean Society. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alfred Newton is the 566th most popular biologist (down from 543rd in 2019), the 351st most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 387th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Swiss Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Alfred Newton ranks 566 out of 1,097. Before him are Ludwig Diels, Agostino Bassi, Johann Friedrich Naumann, Karl Möbius, Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure, and Wilhem de Haan. After him are Alwin Berger, Henri Cassini, Eduard Friedrich Poeppig, Franz Xaver von Wulfen, Karl Friedrich von Gaertner, and Edmond Albius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1829, Alfred Newton ranks 46. Before him are Princess Louise of Prussia, Thomas Hill, Graziadio Isaia Ascoli, Antonio Guzmán Blanco, Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer, and Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure. After him are Edmond Albius, Ludvig Lorenz, Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg, Carl Schurz, Suzanne Manet, and Charles Walter De Vis. Among people deceased in 1907, Alfred Newton ranks 61. Before him are Zacharie Astruc, Graziadio Isaia Ascoli, Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen, Giuseppe Saracco, Raphael Kalinowski, and Prince Arnulf of Bavaria. After him are Heinrich Kreutz, Mkrtich Khrimian, Ignaz Brüll, Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg, Jakob Hurt, and Luis Sáenz Peña.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Alfred Newton ranks 351 out of 1,015. Before him are Heinrich Rudolf Schinz (1777), Casimir de Candolle (1836), Daniel Schmid (1941), Jules Gilliéron (1854), Aloïse Corbaz (1886), and Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure (1829). After him are Salomon Gessner (1730), Jakob Dubs (1822), René Burri (1933), Orgetorix (null), Klaus Huber (1924), and Henri Colpi (1921).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Switzerland

Among biologists born in Switzerland, Alfred Newton ranks 22. Before him are Abraham Trembley (1710), Oswald Heer (1809), Carl Meissner (1800), Johann Bauhin (1541), Casimir de Candolle (1836), and Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure (1829). After him are Johannes Müller Argoviensis (1828), John Isaac Briquet (1870), Heinrich Zollinger (1818), Johann Amman (1707), Émil Goeldi (1859), and Maurice Kottelat (1957).

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