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Isaac Newton
(1643-1727)
Who Was Isaac Newton?
Isaac Newton was a physicist and mathematician who developed the principles of modern physics, including the laws of motion and is credited as one of the great minds of the 17th-century Scientific Revolution.
In 1687, he published his most acclaimed work, Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy), which has been called the single most influential book on physics. In 1705, he was knighted by Queen Anne of England, making him Sir Isaac Newton.
Early Life and Family
Newton was born on January 4, 1643, in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. Using the "old" Julian calendar, Newton's birth date is sometimes displayed as December 25, 1642.
Newton was the only son of a prosperous local farmer, also named Isaac, who died three months before he was born. A premature baby born tiny and weak, Newton was not expected to survive.
When he was 3 years old, his mother, Hannah Ayscough Newton, remarried a well-to-do minister, Barnabas Smith, and went to live with him, leaving
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A genius with dark secrets
Isaac Newton changed the way we understand the Universe. Revered in his own lifetime, he discovered the laws of gravity and motion and invented calculus. He helped to shape our rational world view.
But Newton’s story is also one of a monstrous ego who believed that he alone was able to understand God’s creation. His private life was far from rational – consumed by petty jealousies, bitter rivalries and a ruthless quest for reputation.
25 December 1642
Not expected to survive the day
Newton was born prematurely on Christmas morning, in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire. He was a tiny baby, given little chance of survival.
The country he was born into was chaotic and turbulent. England was being torn apart by civil war. Plague was an ever-present threat. Many believed the end of the world was imminent. But the hamlet of Woolsthorpe was a quiet community, little touched by either war or plague, which respected Puritan values of sobriety, simple worship and hard work.
1645
A lonely boy who hated his stepfather
Newton’s father had d
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Isaac Newton
English polymath (1642–1726)
For other uses, see Isaac Newton (disambiguation).
Sir Isaac Newton FRS | |
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Portrait of Newton at 46, 1689 | |
| Born | (1643-01-04)4 January 1643 [O.S. 25 December 1642][a] Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, Lincolnshire, England |
| Died | 31 March 1727(1727-03-31) (aged 84) [O.S. 20 March 1726][a] Kensington, Middlesex, England |
| Resting place | Westminster Abbey |
| Education | Trinity College, Cambridge (BA, 1665; MA, 1668)[4] |
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| Political party | Whig |
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| Preceded by | Robert Brady |
| Succeeded by | Edward Finch |
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| Preceded by | Anthony Hammond |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Annesley, 5th Earl of Anglesey |
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| Preceded by | John Somers |
| Succeeded by | Hans Sloane |
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| 1696–1699 | Warden of the Mint |
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