Publisher who was the first to be successful with books for children. Born Berkshire. Died at home in St Paul's Churchyard.
In the absense of a picture of Newbery himself we are showing one of his publications.
Publisher who was the first to be successful with books for children. Born Berkshire. Died at home in St Paul's Churchyard.
In the absense of a picture of Newbery himself we are showing one of his publications.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
John Newbery
The John Newbery Memorial Plaque John Newbery, 1713 - 1767, benevolent bookse...
Represented the Sunday School of the Highbury Quadrant Congregational Church in 1957.
10,000 unaccompanied mainly Jewish children fled from Nazi persecution in 1938 and 1939. This was organised mainly by World Jewish Relief, but many Quakers helped the children at stations on the jo...
Event, Children, Transport, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Poland
On Saturday the 3rd August 1912, the 2nd Walworth Troop of five adults and twenty-four young scouts sailed from Waterloo Bridge for Leysdown on the Isle of Sheppey. They moored at Erith for the nig...