Richard Newton (academic)

Richard Newton (8 November 1676 – 21 April 1753) was an English educator and clergyman.

Appointed Principal of Hart Hall, Oxford in 1710, he refounded Hart Hall as Hertford College, his statutes being accepted in 1739 and the charter granted in 1740, and remained Principal of Hertford College until his death in 1753.

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