Godfrey Kneller's 1689 portrait of Isaac Newton(aged 46)
Born
4 January 1643(1643-01-04)[OS: 25 December 1642][1]Woolsthorpe-by-ColsterworthLincolnshire, England
Died
31 March 1727 (aged 84)[OS: 20 March 1726][1]Kensington, Middlesex, England
Residence
England
Fields
physics, mathematics, astronomy, natural philosophy, alchemy, Christian theology
Institutions
University of CambridgeRoyal SocietyRoyal Mint
Alma mater
Trinity College, Cambridge
Academic advisors
Isaac Barrow[2]Benjamin Pulleyn[3][4]
Notable students
Roger CotesWilliam Whiston
Known for
Newtonian mechanicsUniversal gravitationInfinitesimal calculusOpticsBinomial seriesNewton's methodPhilosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica
Influences
Henry More[5]Polish Brethren[6]
Influenced
Nicolas Fatio de DuillierJohn Keill
Signature
NotesHis mother was Hannah Ayscough. His half-niece was Catherine Barton.
Sir Isaac Newton FRS (4 January 1643 – 31 March 1727 [OS: 25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726])[1] was an English physicist,
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