George Newport

For the cricketer, see George Newport (cricketer).

Plate from "On the Impregnation of the Ovum in the Amphibia"

George Newport FRS (4 February 1803, Canterbury – 7 April 1854, London)[1] was an English entomologist. He is especially noted for his studies utilizing the microscope and his skills in dissection.

  1. ^ Coggon, Jennifer D. (4 October 2007). "Newport, George (1803–1854), entomologist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/20034. Retrieved 31 July 2019. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)