George Newsom
British academic
About George Newsom
Lived 1871 – 1934 (aged 62).
The Rev. George Ernest Newsom (24 May 1871 – 15 February 1934) was an Anglican clergyman and academic, Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge, 1928–1934, and Chaplain to the King (George V). He was also Professor of Pastoral Theology at King's College, London, 1903–1917, and Vice-Principal of King's College, London, 1897–1903.
Newsom is buried in the Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground in Cambridge.
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British academic
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George Newsom was born on 24 May 1871.
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George Newsom died on 15 February 1934.
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