David Newsome
David Newsome is renowed as a social and ecclesiastical historian of the Victorian period, as well as a biographer. He retired from the Mastership of Wellington College in 1989. Until 1979, he was Headmaster of Christ's Hospital and prior to that a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge and University Lecturer in Ecclesiastical History. His previous books include On the Edge of Paradise, which won the Whitbread Prize for Biography, The Parting of Friends and The Convert Cardinals.
David Newsome is renowed as a social and ecclesiastical historian of the Victorian period, as well as a biographer. He retired from the Mastership of Wellington College in 1989. Until 1979, he was Headmaster of Christ's Hospital and prior to that a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge and University Lecturer in Ecclesiastical History. His previous books include On the Edge of Paradise, which won the Whitbread Prize for Biography, The Parting of Friends and The Convert Cardinals. See less
