Author:John Newton (1725-1807)

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John Newton
(1725–1807)

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Anglican clergyman and former slave-ship captain. He was the author of many hymns, including Amazing Grace.
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Works

Thoughts upon the African Slave Trade
Olney Hymns, co-authored with William Cowper
- list of Newton's hymns in Olney Hymns

Works about Newton

"Newton, John," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)

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