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Hibbert Newton

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Rev. Hibbert Newton D.D. (1817 – 1892)[1] was a poet and an early proponent of British Israelism.

Career

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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.[2] 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.[3]

Works

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Poetry

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The vale of Tempe; and other poems (1830)
The flight of the apostate (1849)
The fall of Babylon: an epic poem (1864)

British Israelism

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Israel Discovered in Anglo-Saxon, Protestant Kindred Nations (1874)

References

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  1. ^ Newton's Grave
  2. ^ Hibbert Manuscripts
  3. ^ "Israel in Britain: The Collected Papers", W. H. Guest, 1877, Clarence Linden McCartha.
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