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George Newport
George Newport (1803-1854) was one of the first embryologists to confirm that sperm enter the egg yolk. These pages have some supplementary information to the paper published in 2023.
My paper on Newport was chosen for the Everett Mendelsohn Prize
Silhouette of George Newport, with kind permission of the Linnean Society of London. This is the only validated image of Newport known to me.
Timeline of Newport's Life
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