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John Newton

1725 - 1807

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John Newton (; 4 August [O.S. 24 July] 1725 – 21 December 1807) was an English evangelical Anglican cleric and slavery abolitionist. He had previously been a captain of slave ships and an investor in the slave trade. He served as a sailor in the Royal Navy (after forced recruitment) and was himself enslaved for a time in West Africa. He is noted for being author of the hymns Amazing Grace and Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Newton is the 528th most popular companion (down from 484th in 2019), the 1,720th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,382nd in 2019) and the 48th most popular British Companion.

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Among companions, John Newton ranks 528 out of 784. Before him are Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Matilda II, Countess of Boulogne, Viridis Visconti, Artakama, Conrad, Count Palatine of the Rhine, and Mafalda of Portugal. After him are Theodosia, wife of Leo V, Richeza of Poland, Queen of Hungary, Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Theresa of Portugal, Queen of León, Peter I of Courtenay, and John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan.

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Among people born in 1725, John Newton ranks 15. Before him are Ludovico Manin, Henry Benedict Stuart, Pyotr Rumyantsev, Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre, and Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller. After him are Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, Franz Moritz von Lacy, Maria Teresa Cybo-Malaspina, Duchess of Massa, Guillaume Le Gentil, Arthur Guinness, and Ahmad Shah Bahadur. Among people deceased in 1807, John Newton ranks 11. Before him are Jeanne Baret, Henry Benedict Stuart, George Atwood, Osman Pazvantoğlu, Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh. After him are Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, Nikolai Rezanov, Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, Jacob Philipp Hackert, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst, and Johannes Nikolaus Tetens.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Newton ranks 1,720 out of 8,785. Before him are Charles Webster Leadbeater (1854), Richard of Saint Victor (1110), Eddie the Eagle (1963), Mary Norton (1903), Ian Wilmut (1944), and Dorothy L. Sayers (1893). After him are Christine McVie (1943), Harriet Martineau (1802), Edward Gordon Craig (1872), Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770), Prince William, Duke of Cumberland (1721), and Matthew Flinders (1774).

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Among COMPANIONS In United Kingdom

Among companions born in United Kingdom, John Newton ranks 48. Before him are Ælfthryth, wife of Edgar (940), Princess Marie of Orléans (1865), Mary de Bohun (1369), Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford (1505), Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1736), and Ealhswith (852). After him are John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan (1934), Elizabeth de Burgh (1289), Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma (1901), Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein (1867), Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar (1269), and Ælfgifu of Northampton (990).

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