Isaac Newton

The story, in brief.

Sir Isaac Newton was an English polymath who was a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, historian and inventor. He was a key figure in the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment that followed. His book Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, first published in 1687, achieved the first great unification in physics and established classical mechanics. Newton also made seminal contributions to optics, and shares credit with the German mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz for formulating infinitesimal calculus, although he developed calculus years before Leibniz. Newton contributed to and refined the scientific method, and his work is considered the most influential in bringing forth modern science.

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A life in milestones.

Selected records from Wikidata. Ages are approximate; “c.” marks uncertain dates. This is a starting point for exploration, not a complete life history.

1. 1642
   Life

   Born in Woolsthorpe Manor

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2. 1655~ age 13
   Education

   The King's School, Grantham

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3. 1661~ age 19
   Education

   Trinity College

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4. 1667~ age 25
   Education

   Trinity College

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5. 1689~ age 47
   Role

   Member of the 1689-90 Parliament

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6. 1696~ age 54
   Role

   Warden of the Mint

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7. 1703~ age 61
   Role

   President of the Royal Society

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8. 1705~ age 63
   Recognition

   Knight Bachelor

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9. 1727~ age 85
   Life

   Death

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