A Doctor for many years in Coventry, Isle of Wight and Devon before joining his daughter and son-in-law in South Africa where he became a medical missionary in Zululand. He remained there for some 18 years and built up considerable collections of both Coleoptera and Odonata which he donated to Durban Museum. Newton’s British collections, comprising 4,707 specimens, are housed in the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry, purchased from his widow for £20 in 1952 (Information from Steve Lane). Pedersen (2002) p.141 lists correspondence in the RESL dating between 1923-1945 and quotes one letter of 17 February 1924 concerning a lecture. FRES 1941-1966. (MD 5/04, 12/06, 11/09)
Dates
19 February 1885 – 20 November 1966