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Newman, Cardinal John Henry
     
Newman, Cardinal John Henry
(1801-90) a British theologian (=someone who studies religion and religious beliefs) and writer. He was a priest in the Church of England and became leader of the Oxford Movement. Later he changed his religion and became a Roman Catholic, and he was made a cardinal (=a priest of high rank) in 1879.
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