Abstract
John Henry Cardinal Newman was horn in London, February 21, 1801. His father wa3 a banker; his mother was Jemima Froudrinier, descended from a well-known Huguenot family. He attended Ealing, a school for boys, and there came under the influence of Calvinism. At sixteen, he entered Trinity College, Oxford, and later was elected to a Fellowship of Oriel, the highest honor his University could bestow upon him. He was a brilliant ‘student, but quiet and shy, making few friends. He took Orders in the Church of England, in 1824; he became curate at St. Clement’s; and four years later, Vicar of St. Mary's, the college church. Here it was that his sermons attracted large congregations.