Max Newman was born on February 7, 1897, in Chelsea (London), and died on
February 22, 1984, in Comberton (Cambridgeshire). He entered Cambridge
University (St John's College) in 1915. For further information see
Newman's obituary written by Peter Hilton in the _Bulletin of the London
Mathematical Society_, vol 18, pp 67-72, 1986.
You may also want to take a quick look at:
http://turnbull.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Mathematicians/Newman.html
With best regards,
Julio