Excerpt from Lamb's Biographical Dictionary of the United States, Vol. 6: Newton-Sears Newton, Richard Heber, clergyman, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 31, 1840 son of the Rev. Richard and Lydia (greatorex) Newton. He attended the University of Pennsylvania and the Divinity School of the Protestant Episcopal church in Philadelphia, 1857 - 62 was ordained deacon in 1862; was assistant to his father at St. Paul's. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.