Richard Bullen Newton I.S.O., F.G.S.
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Timeline
| Date | Details |
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| 1854 | Born February 23rd. Educated at the Central London Foundation School, Cowper Street. |
| 1868 | Joined Geological Survey, where his father was Assistant Librarian and his uncle (E.T. Newton) was assistant naturalist under Huxley. |
| 1873 | Became Assistant Naturalist under Huxley. |
| 1880 | Transferred to British Museum to help in removal of collections to Cromwell Road. Papers and reports chiefly on Cretaceous and Tertiary Mollusca. |
| 1891 | “Systematic list of E. Edwards Collection of British Oligocene and Eocene Mollusca”. |
| 1909 | “Cretaceous Gastrpods and Pelecypoda from Zululand”. |
| 1910-1912 | President of the Malacological Society. |
| 1913-1915 | President of the Conchological Society. |
| 1914 | Awarded Wollaston Fund. |
| 1916 | “Conchological features of the Lenham Sandstones of Kent”. |
| 1920 | Retires. |
| Received Imperial Service Order. | |
| 1922 | “Eocene Mollusca from Nigeria”. Also study of Foraminifera as guides to geological horizons. |
| 1926 | Died January 23rd. |
Biographies and obituaries
1926 “Times” (January 25th 1926).
1926 Geological Magazine (1926) p. 144
1926 Nature (January 30th 1926) p. 165
Richard Bullen Newton — Wikipedia article
B. B. Woodward, 1926. Richard Bullen Newton, I.S.O., F.G.S., etc., 1854-1925 [sic.]. 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
Publications
Newton, R.B.. Edwards, F.E.. British Museum (Natural History). 1891. Systematic list of the Frederick E. Edwards Collection of British Oliogene and Eocene mollusca in the British Museum (Natural History): with reference to the type-specimens from silimar horizons contained in other collections belonging to the Geological Department of the Museum. - London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History)
BGS archives
| Ref No | Title | Description |
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| GSM/DC/A/C/8/302-303,324 | R B Newton: Letter on his appointment. | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/9/52 | R B Newton: Letter on his salary | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/15/1 | R B Newton: Letter concerning Newton's appointment | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/24/365 | R B Newton: Letter on his resignation. |