Ralph Geoffrey Newman (3 November 1911 – 23 July 1998) was an American writer and well known

Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, his assassination in 1865. He led the United States through the American Civil War ...

scholar. He owned the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Inc. in

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, and hosted a monthly gathering known as the Civil War Round Table."RALPH G. NEWMAN, 1911-1998", ''Civil War History'', March 1st, 1999 He was an expert in

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-related manuscripts. He played

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second base for Tucson and Wichita.Memorial to Ralph G. Newman
by John Y. Simon Newman also was an

appraiser An appraiser (from Latin ''appretiare'', "to value") is a person that develops an opinion of the market value or other value of a product, most notably real estate. The current definition of "appraiser" according to the Uniform Standards of Profes ...

who evaluated the papers of six United States presidents: Hoover, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon.''Ralph Newman, owner of Lincoln bookstore'', obituary,

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, July 24, 1998, by Michael Gillis Newman was indicted by a federal grand jury in July 1975 on charges of preparing a false

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that helped

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obtain an illegal tax break on papers he donated and was convicted in November 1975.Abstract of Newman / Nixon CBS News broadcast from the Vanderbilt Television News Archive
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Family

Ralph Newman married Estelle Hoffman and they had two daughters, Maxine Newman Brandenburg and Carol Newman Parry. He later remarried, to actress Patricia Lyons. His stepson is NPR host Scott Simon.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Newman, Ralph Abraham Lincoln 1911 births 1998 deaths Valuation professionals American male criminals Minor league baseball players 20th-century American historians