John Frederick Newman 1783 - 1860
- occupation:
- Mathematical instrument maker,
- Nautical instrument maker,
- Optical instrument maker,
- Optician,
- Philosophical instrument maker
- Nationality:
- English; British
- born in:
- London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Howard Dawes, ‘Newman, John (bap. 1783, d. 1860)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/39365]; Clifton, G., 'Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851' (Zwemmer, 1995); Anderson, R.G.W., Burnett, J.,& Gee, B., Handlist of Scientific Instrument-Makers' Trade Catalogues 1600-1914, (National Museums of Scotland, 1990; 1981-268/22 - at 24 Soho Square, London, 1851-1870.