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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Newton has received more than 2,378,790 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). John Newton is the 484th most popular companion (down from 434th in 2019), the 1,381st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,280th in 2019) and the 39th most popular British Companion.

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  • 30

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  • 3.32

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  • 3.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, John Newton ranks 484 out of 784. Before him are Mafalda of Portugal, Mary de Bohun, Anna of Hungary, Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Constance of Burgundy, and Claudia Antonia. After him are Eleanor of Anjou, Fastrada, Ota, Landgravine Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel, Catherine of France, Countess of Charolais, and Irene of Montferrat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1725, John Newton ranks 13. Before him are Suzuki Harunobu, Ludovico Manin, Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre, Ahilyabai Holkar, Henry Benedict Stuart, and Pyotr Rumyantsev. After him are Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller, George Mason, Franz Moritz von Lacy, Arthur Guinness, and Guillaume Le Gentil. Among people deceased in 1807, John Newton ranks 11. Before him are Jeanne Baret, Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Henry Benedict Stuart, Osman Pazvantoğlu, Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, and George Atwood. After him are Johannes Nikolaus Tetens, Jacob Philipp Hackert, Nikolai Rezanov, Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, and Alexander Ypsilantis.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Newton ranks 1,381 out of 8,785. Before him are Alan Walker (1997), Norman Lockyer (1836), Guy Pearce (1967), Steven Berkoff (1937), W. T. Stead (1849), and John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (1404). After him are Williamina Fleming (1857), John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (1384), Beau Brummell (1778), Peter Mansfield (1933), John Bowring (1792), and Hannah Chaplin (1865).

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Among COMPANIONS In United Kingdom

Among companions born in United Kingdom, John Newton ranks 39. Before him are Anne Hyde (1637), Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford (1505), Princess Marie of Orléans (1865), Matilda of Scotland (1080), Cynthia Lennon (1939), and Mary de Bohun (1369). After him are Sophie, Countess of Wessex (1965), Ealhswith (852), Lilian, Princess of Réthy (1916), Elizabeth de Burgh (1289), Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar (1269), and Joan of the Tower (1321).

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