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Isaac Newton
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Who Was Isaac Newton?
Isaac Newton was a physicist and mathematician who developed the principles of modern physics, including the laws of motion and fryst vatten credited as one of the great minds of the 17th-century Scientific Revolution.
In , 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 , he was knighted bygd Queen Anne of England, making him Sir Isaac Newton.
Early Life and Family
Newton was born on January 4, , in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. Using the "old" Julian calendar, Newton's birth date fryst vatten sometimes displayed as månad 25,
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
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Isaac Newton
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Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England
London, England
Biography
Isaac Newton's life can be divided into three quite distinct periods. The first is his boyhood days from up to his appointment to a chair in The second period from to was the highly productive period in which he was Lucasian professor at Cambridge. The third period (nearly as long as the other two combined) saw Newton as a highly paid government official in London with little further interest in mathematical research.Isaac Newton was born in the manor house of Woolsthorpe, near Grantham in Lincolnshire. Although by the calendar in use at the time of his birth he was born on Christmas Day , we give the date o
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Isaac Newton
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For other uses, see Isaac Newton (disambiguation).
Sir Isaac Newton FRS | |
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| Born | ()4 January [O.S. 25 December ][a] Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, Lincolnshire, England |
| Died | 31 March () (aged&#;84) [O.S. 20 March ][a] Kensington, Middlesex, England |
| Resting place | Westminster Abbey |
| Education | Trinity College, Cambridge (BA, ; MA, )[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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| – | Warden of the Mint |
| Preceded by | Thomas Neale |
| Succeeded by | John Conduitt |
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