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Rev. Hibbert Newton D.D. (1817 – 1892) was a poet and an early proponent of British Israelism.
Career
Hibbert Newton was educated at Trinity College, Dublin obtaining a B.A. in divinity studies, followed by a doctorate. He was ordained in 1847 and became vicar of St Michael's, Southwark, London, serving from 1867 to his death. He also was a successful poet and wrote a short tract entitled Israel Discovered in Anglo-Saxon, Protestant Kindred Nations (1874) which alongside Edward Hine's publications was one of the early influential works on British Israelism.
Works
Poetry
The vale of Tempe; and other poems (1830)
The flight of the apostate (1849)
The fall of Babylon: an epic poem (1864)
British Israelism
Israel Discovered in Anglo-Saxon, Protestant Kindred Nations (1874)
References
- Newton's Grave
- Hibbert Manuscripts
- "Israel in Britain: The Collected Papers", W. H. Guest, 1877, Clarence Linden McCartha.