Newman, Francis William (1805–1897), classical scholar and moral philosopher, was born at 17 Southampton Street, Bloomsbury Square, London, on 27 June 1805. His father, John Newman (1767–1824), a banker, was of Dutch descent and his mother, Jemima (1772–1836), of Huguenot extraction, was a sister of the paper manufacturer ...
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Timothy C. F. Stunt
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Francis William Newman (1805–1897) by Herbert Watkins, 1858 © National Portrait Gallery, London
