Hibbert Newton
Rev. Hibbert Newton D.D. 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 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
The flight of the apostate
The fall of Babylon: an epic poemBritish Israelism
Israel Discovered in Anglo-Saxon, Protestant Kindred Nations
