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The Alfred Newton Lecture is an academic prize lecture awarded by the British Ornithologists' Union.  It is named for Alfred Newton.


== Lecturers ==
1994 Ian Newton
1995 Janet Kear
1998 Jared Diamond
2003 Chris Perrins
2009 Tim Birkhead
2018 Hugh Possingham
2019 Lei Cao
2021 Carl Jones
2022 Nicholas B. Davies


== See also ==
Godman-Salvin Medal
Union Medal


== References ==