Newton, John, 1725-1807

LC control no.	n 50006007
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Newton, John, 1725-1807 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Newton, 1725-1807
See also	Alternate identity: Omicron, 1725-1807 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Associated country	Great Britain
Associated place	Liverpool (England) London (England) Olney (England) Warwick (England)
Birth date	1725-08-04
Death date	1807-12-21
Place of birth	Wapping (London, England)
Place of death	London (England)
Field of activity	Evangelicalism
Affiliation	Church of England
Profession or occupation	Surveyor Surveyors, Marine Slave traders Sailors Ship captains Abolitionists Clergy Hymn writers
Found in	His Messiah. Fifty expository discourses, on the series of scriptural passages ... 1786. MdU/G-K files (usage: Newton) His Letters to a wife, 1794: t.p. (John Newton, author of Cardiphonia, Omicron's letters, sermons) DNB (Newton, John; on sea with father and later alone, 1736-54; surveyor of the tides, Liverpool, 1755-60; pastor at Warwick, Olney, and London, England; b. July 24, 1725; d. 21 Dec. 1807) Shepherd, Richard Herne. A sermon, &c, 1820?: p. 35 (Omicron) p. 32 (Appendix: A letter of the late Rev. John Newton, Rector of St. Mary Woolnoth, dated October 2, 1795, inserted in the Evangelical Magazine for 1795, volume III, page 456, signed Omicron) Oxford dictionary of national biography, viewed August 23, 2018: Newton, John (born at Wapping, London; slave trader and Church of England clergyman; collaborated with William Cowper to publish Olney Hymns in 1779; he was well known as a spiritual writer in the Evangelical movement; served at St. Mary Woolnoth) Wikipedia, viewed August 23, 2018: John Newton (Born 4 August [O.S. 24 July] 1725; died in London, England; served as sailor in the Royal Navy, then later as a slave ship captain; became an ally of William Wilberforce in the campaign to abolish the African slave trade) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Newton>
Associated language	eng