Edwin Tulley Newton (4 May 1840 - 28 January 1930) was a British paleontologist.

Newton originally worked at handicrafts, but was able to attend Thomas Henry Huxley's lectures and by 1865, was appointed as his assistant. In 1882, he became a paleontologist to the "Geologic Survey", a position he retained until 1905. His early work included microscopic sectioning of coal and