Ralph Newman, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Ralph Newman

American writer

Date of Birth: 03-Nov-1911

Date of Death: 23-Jul-1998

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Ralph Geoffrey Newman (3 November 1911 – 23 July 1998) was an American author and well known Abraham Lincoln scholar.
He owned the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop in Chicago, Illinois, and hosted a monthly gathering known as the Civil War Round Table.
He was an expert in Civil War-related manuscripts.He played minor league second base for Tucson and Wichita.Newman also was an appraiser who evaluated the papers of six United States presidents: Hoover, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon.Newman was indicted by a federal grand jury in July 1975 on charges of preparing a false affidavit that helped Richard Nixon obtain an illegal tax break on papers he donated and subsequently convicted in November 1975.