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ID	5453
Last Name	Newton
First Name	John
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Gender	Male
Date of Birth	1725-07-24
Date of Death	1807-12-21
Place of Birth	Wapping
Place of Death	London
VIAF URI	http://viaf.org/viaf/74650916
Wikipedia Entry	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Newton
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Image URL	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Newton#/media/File:JohnNewtonColour.jpg
Notes	Although he was later a slavery abolitionist, he had previously been a captain of slave ships and an investor in the slave trade. During the period on a merchant vessel in the African slave trade, his behaviour involved ribald and blasphemous language; he also alludes vaguely to sexual misconduct.

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Role	Title	Date
Editor	The Christian Character Exemplified, from the Papers of Mrs. Margaret Magdalen A.......s, Late Wife of Mr. Frederick Charles A.....s, of Goodman Fields. Selected and Revised by John Newton, Rector of St. Mary, Woolnoth.	1804
Editor	The Christian Character Exemplified, from the Papers of Mrs. Margaret Magdalen A.......s, Late Wife of Mr. Frederick Charles A.....s, of Goodman Fields. Selected and Revised by John Newton, Rector of St. Mary, Woolnoth. From the London Second Edition.	1806
Introducer	Poems, by William Cowper, Esq. of the Inner Temple. In three volumes. Comprising a variety of pieces not inserted in former editions. To which is prefixed a brief account of his life.	1808
Editor	The Christian Character Exemplified, from the Papers of Mrs. Margaret Magdalen A.......s, Late Wife of Mr. Frederick Charles A.....s, London. Selected and Revised by John Newton, Rector of St. Mary, Woolnoth.	1808
Introducer	Poems, by William Cowper, Esq. of the Inner Temple. In three volumes. Comprising a variety of pieces, not inserted in any former editions. To which is prefixed, a brief account of his life.	1810
Editor	The Christian Character Exemplified, from the Papers of Margaret Magdalen Althens, Late Wife of Frederick Charles Althens, of Goodman's Fields. Selected and Revised by John Newton, Rector of St. Mary, Woolnoth.	1812
Author	Twelve witnesses to the happy effects of experimental religion in life and death, as exemplified in persons of various conditions in society. With an appendix, containing some well written tracts against intemperance, profanity, Sabbath breaking and other vices too prevalent at the present day.	1814
Author	The life of Eliza Cunningham.	1816
Author	The History of Elizabeth Loveless, a faithful servant and affectionate child	1827

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"Newton, John" The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 5453, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/5453. Accessed 2025-05-29.

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