1725
John Newton, English sailor and priest (died 1807)
John Newton, English sailor and priest (died 1807)
John Newton, English sailor and priest (died 1807)
John Newton
Anglican cleric, hymn-writer, and abolitionist (1725–1807)
- Born
- 1725
John Newton 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. Newton served as a sailor in the Royal Navy and was himself enslaved for a time in West Africa. Newton is noted for being author of the hymns "Amazing Grace" and "Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken".