Newton, THOMAS, was born at Lichfield, January 1, 1704. From Westminster he passed to Trinity College, Cambridge, became one of its fellows, took orders, and after minor preferments was made Bishop of Bristol and Canon Residentiary of St Paul's in 1761. He died 14th February 1782. Newton's annotated edition of Milton's Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained, and his Dissertations on the Prophecies (3 vols. 1754-58) long enjoyed a reputation far beyond their deserts.
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