Thomas Newton

Dr. Thomas Newton (1704-1782) was an English cleric, biblical scholar and author. He served as the Bishop of Bristol from 1761 to 1782.

Newton was born in Lichfield, Staffordshire and educated at Cambridge where he became a fellow of Trinity College. He was ordained in the Church of England, but continued scholarly pusuits. His best remembered works include his annotated edition of "Paradise Lost", including a biography of John Milton published in 1749. In 1754 he published a large, scholarly, analysis of the prophecies of the bible, titled "Dissertations on the Prophecies".

Newton was elevated to Bishop of Bristol in 1761, and was recognized again in 1768 by being named the Dean of St Paul's Cathedral in London.