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William Cowper
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William Cowper was an English poet and Anglican hymnwriter.
A 1792 portrait by Lemuel Francis Abbott
A 1792 portrait by Lemuel Francis Abbott
William Cowper
William Cowper
Crazy Kate, illustration for Cowper's The Task by Henry Fuseli (1806–1807).
Crazy Kate, illustration for Cowper's The Task by Henry Fuseli (1806–1807).
Harriett Hesketh by Francis Coates
Harriett Hesketh by Francis Coates
John Newton
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John Newton was an English evangelical Anglican cleric and slavery abolitionist. He had previously been a captain of slave ships and an investor in the slave trade. He served as a sailor in the Royal Navy and was himself enslaved for a time in West Africa. He is noted for being author of the hymns Amazing Grace and Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken.
Contemporary portrait of Newton
Contemporary portrait of Newton
The parish church of St Peter and St Paul, Olney, where Newton became curate in 1764.
The parish church of St Peter and St Paul, Olney, where Newton became curate in 1764.
St Mary Woolnoth in the City of London, where Newton was rector from 1779.
St Mary Woolnoth in the City of London, where Newton was rector from 1779.
The vicarage in Olney, where Newton wrote the hymn that would become "Amazing Grace".
The vicarage in Olney, where Newton wrote the hymn that would become "Amazing Grace".