George Newport [SEP] place of birth
George Newport
George Newport FRS (4 February 1803, Canterbury – 7 April 1854, London) was a prominent English entomologist. He is especially noted for his studies utilizing the microscope and his skills in dissection.
Biography.
He was the first of four children of William Newport (1777-1843), a local wheelwright, and Sarah Gillham. He was educated at London University and at the College of Surgeons.
He was President of the Entomological Society of London (1843–1844) and also a member of
1799, d. 7 Sep 1849; America HAIRSTON+ b. 21 Feb 1801, d. 16 Mar 1826; Marshall HAIRSTON+ b. 4 Jul 1802, d. 20 Jan 1882 and Ruth Stovall HAIRSTON+ b. 6 Sep 1804, d. 20 Sep 1838.
Through his mother, George was the fourth-great-grandson of Christopher Newport and a distant cousin of Illiam Dhone and Fletcher Christian.
Revolutionary War.
He was the captain of a company of Col. Abram Penn that, in March 1781, hurried from Beaver Creek Plantation to