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The New Laws Of Newton

Posted at 7:59AM Friday 05 Oct 2012

For a long time now, the then eight-year-old Alice Newton has been partly credited for being the one whose enthusiasm after reading a few pages of Harry Potter And the Philosopher's Stone nudged her father, Nigel Newton, founder and chief executive, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, to sign on J.K. Rowling. But another person who perhaps deserves as much recognition is her grandfather, Peter Newton.

Nigel Newton interviewed in live mint

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