Francis Newbery (other)
Francis Newbery may refer to: *Francis Newbery (publisher) (1743–1818), English publisher, son of John Newbery *Francis Newbery, publisher of ''The Vicar of Wakefield'', nephew of John Newbery *Francis Henry Newbery Francis Henry Newbery or Fra Newbery (15 May 1855 – 18 December 1946) was a painter and art educationist, best known as director of the Glasgow School of Art between 1885 and 1917. Under his leadership the School developed an international ...

Francis Newbery (publisher)
Francis Newbery (6 July 1743 – 17 July 1818) was an English publisher and businessman. Life Born on 6 July 1743, he was son of John Newbery the publisher, of St. Paul's Churchyard; alone of his brothers he survived his father. After schooling at Ramsgate and Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, he entered Merchant Taylors' School in 1758, and matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford, on 1 April 1762. Four years afterwards he migrated to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, but he took no degree in either university. On the death of his father, in 1767, Newbery abandoned plans of a professional career, on the advice of his father's friends Samuel Johnson and Robert James. He went into the business his father had created, both publishing and selling patent medicines. In 1779 he transferred the patent-medicine part of the business to the northeast corner of St. Paul's Churchyard, leaving the book publishing at the old spot. The firm was subsequently known as Newbery & Harris, for the partner ...
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