Richard Bullen Newton,

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, (23 February 1854 – 23 January 1926) was a British

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who was between 1910 and 1912 president of the

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and the

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. Newton is buried at

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. The

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(WoRMS) lists 24 marine genera and species named by him.Taxa named by Richard Bullen Newton
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Selected publications

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On a marine Jurassic fauna from Central Arabia; Annals And Magazine of Natural History 7 (9), 1921

References

Bibliography

* B. B. Woodward, 1926. Richard Bullen Newton, I.S.O., F.G.S., etc., 1854-1925 ic. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 17(2-3): 69-70 * B. B. Woodward, 1926. Richard Bullen Newton, I.S.O. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 82(3): xlix-l. * J. R. le B. Tomlin, 1926. Obituary notice: R. B. Newton. Journal of Conchology 18(1): 11-12 1854 births 1926 deaths British palaeontologists Fellows of the Geological Society of London Companions of the Imperial Service Order {{UK-scientist-stub