Newton Bateman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American educator
Date of Birth: 27-Jul-1822
Place of Birth: Bridgeton, New Jersey, United States
Date of Death: 21-Oct-1897
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Newton Bateman
- Newton Bateman (July 27, 1822 – October 21, 1897) was an American academic, educational administrator, and editor from New Jersey.
- Raised in poverty, Bateman came with his family to Illinois at a young age then earned his way into Illinois College.
- After graduating, he again struggled to make ends meet before an anonymous donor sent him a large sum of money.
- He used it to establish a private school in St.
- Louis, Missouri.
- He was later elected superintendent of schools in Morgan County, Illinois, then served as Illinois Superintendent of Public Instruction (1859–63, 1865–1875).
- He resigned to become president of Knox College.
- Late in his life, he published an encyclopedia of the state.
- Bateman was an associate of Abraham Lincoln and is the source of a controversial account of his religious views.
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