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Newman, Jonn Henry, Cardinal (1801-90), was born in London, where his father was a banker. He was educated at Trinity College, Oxford, where his career was shortened by his father's failure. In 1822 he was elected fellow of Oriel. Ten years later he went on a Mediterranean tour with Hurrell Froude, during which he nearly died of fever and wrote his hymn, Lead, hindly light. On his return he joined the Tractarian movement, of which he immediately became one of the chief leaders Newman was the writer of the famous Tract XC, published in 1841. Two years after this he resigned the vicarage of St. Mary's, Oxford, which he had held since 1828, and in October, 1845, he was received into the Roman Church. At the end of 1846 he went to Rome, and in 1849 established a branch of the Onitorians in England. The last half of his life was passed at Edgbaston, near Birmingham, in great retirement. In 1879 Newman was made a cardinal deacon. The best known of his writings is the Apologia pro Vita Sua. He also wrote a poem, The Dream of Gerontius (1865), and a romance Callista, as well as a story, Loss and Gain.