Newman, John Henry(1801 s approach. Ward, Wilfrid. The Life of John Henry Cardinal Newman. 2 vols. New York: Longmans, Green, 1912. A reliable, standard life, with many letters and...

NEWMAN, JOHN HENRY (1801–1890), Anglican and Roman Catholic controversialist and cardinal. Newman was born in London. He was raised an Anglican, but in 1816, under evangelical influence, he underwent a profound religious experience that...

(born Feb. 21, 1801, London, Eng.—died Aug. 11, 1890, Birmingham, Warwick) influential churchman and man of letters of the 19th century, who led the Oxford Movement in the Church of England and later became a cardinal-deacon in the Roman Catholic...

Newman, John Henry [addendum] Since 1967, the publication of new primary source material has generated an expanding resource pool for secondary scholarship on Newman, particularly with the appearance of 24 new volumes to complete the thirty-one volume...

(born Feb. 21, 1801, London, Eng.—died Aug. 11, 1890, Birmingham, Warwick) English churchman and man of letters. He attended the University of Oxford, where in 1833 he became the leader of the Oxford Movement, which stressed the Catholic elements...