Publisher who was the first to be successful with books for children. Born Berkshire. Died at home in St Paul's Churchyard.
In the absense of a picture of Newbery himself we are showing one of his publications.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
John Newbery
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John Newbery
The John Newbery Memorial Plaque John Newbery, 1713 - 1767, benevolent bookse...
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Oxford and St George’s Club / St George’s Settlement
From University of Southampton: "Based in a disused hostel on 125 Cannon Street Road, the Oxford and St George’s Club began in 1914 with a membership of 25 boys. The Club got its name from Basil’s ...
2 memorials
Coborn Girls School
From the picture source website: "Prisca Coborn, the widow of a brewer, founded a School for both boys and girls in 1701, as a result of the terms of her will published in the year of her death. Th...
2 memorials
Rose Lucetta Elliott
Drowned in the 1898 HMS Albion disaster, aged 17. Buried in grave 2 at the memorial in East London Cemetery.
1 memorial
F. C. Murton
Young enough to be a 'Master' in 1883, so probably under about 15. Associated with the Wesleyan Schools, Leswin Road, 1883, a pupil, we'd guess.
1 memorial
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