John Newton (born 1959) is a New Zealand poet, novelist, literary critic and musician. His poetry appears in several major New Zealand anthologies, he...

John Newton (/ˈnjuːtən/; 4 August [O.S. 24 July] 1725 – 21 December 1807) was an English evangelical Anglican cleric and slavery abolitionist. He had...

John Newton (1725–1807) was an English slave ship master and Anglican clergyman, author of "Amazing Grace". John Newton may also refer to: John Newton...

Sir Isaac Newton FRS (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726/27) was an English polymath active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian...

William Newton (1750–1830), a labouring class poet often referred to as "the Peak Minstrel", was born near Abney, in the parish of Eyam, Derbyshire, England...

Cheshire, and in particular John Massey of Cotton. This is not widely accepted, however, and the labels "Pearl Poet" or "Gawain Poet" are still preferred[citation...

Thomas Newton (c. 1542–1607) was an English clergyman, poet, author and translator. The eldest son of Edward Newton of Park House, in Butley, a part of...

Newton is a monotype by the English poet, painter and printmaker William Blake first completed in 1795, but reworked and reprinted in 1805. It is one of...

(rugby union), rugby union player Liam Messam, rugby union player John Newton (poet) Ben O'Keeffe, rugby union referee Humphrey O'Leary, Chief Justice...

Newton, Massachusetts has been the home of many notable people. Michael Rosbash, geneticist and chronobiologist at Brandeis University, recipient of the...

English physicist and mathematician Isaac Newton produced works exploring chronology, and biblical interpretation (especially of the Apocalypse), and alchemy...

Newton Abbot is a market town and civil parish on the River Teign in the Teignbridge District of Devon, England. Its population was 24,029 in 2011, and...

Robert Newton Calvert (9 March 1945 – 14 August 1988) was a South African-British writer, poet, and musician. He is principally known for his role as...

John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet, polemicist, and civil servant. His 1667 epic poem Paradise Lost, written in blank...

published in 1779, written in 1772 by English Anglican clergyman and poet John Newton (1725–1807). It is possibly the most sung and most recorded hymn in...

write more religious hymns. His religious sentiment and association with John Newton (who wrote the hymn "Amazing Grace") led to much of the poetry for which...

John Donne (/dʌn/ DUN; 1571 or 1572 – 31 March 1631) was an English poet, scholar, soldier and secretary born into a recusant family, who later became...

Frederic Newton Arvin (August 23, 1900 – March 21, 1963) was an American literary critic and academic. He achieved national recognition for his studies...

household of her uncle, scientist Isaac Newton. She was reputed to be the source of the story of the apple inspiring Newton's work on gravity, and his papers...

Isaac Newton", and his first play, Sophonisba (1730). The latter is best known today for its mention in Samuel Johnson's Lives of the English Poets, where...

Rebellion John T. Newton (1793–1857), United States Navy officer John Verdun Newton (1916–1944), Australian Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) officer John Pitcairn...

German poet Goethe, with his epic diatribe Theory of Colours, could not shake the Newtonian foundation – but "one hole Goethe did find in Newton's armour...

basis for bronze statue Newton, made in 1995 by the sculptor Eduardo Paolozzi. English poet Alexander Pope was moved by Newton's accomplishments to write...

fireside poets – also known as the schoolroom or household poets – were a group of 19th-century American poets associated with New England. These poets were...

Newton Heath is an area of Manchester, England, 2.8 miles (4.5 km) north-east of Manchester city centre and with a population of 9,883. Historically part...

(born Anne Gray Harvey; November 9, 1928 – October 4, 1974) was an American poet known for her highly personal, confessional verse. She won the Pulitzer Prize...

John C Bayliss (1919–2008) was a British poet and significant literary editor of the World War II period; later in life, he became a civil servant. He...

political organization founded by college students Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton in October 1966 in Oakland, California. The party was active in the United...

residents: William Cowper (1731–1800), a celebrated 18th-century poet; and John Newton (1725–1807), a slave trader and subsequently a prominent abolitionist...

three marriages—to director Tony Greco, film composer James Newton Howard, and restaurateur John Sidel—ended in divorce. She has one daughter with Sidel....