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Sir Isaac Newton at 46 in Godfrey Kneller's 1689 portrait. The following article is part of a biography of Sir Isaac Newton, the English mathematician and scientist, author of the Principia. It portrays the years after Newton's birth in 1643, his education, as well as his early scientific contributions, before the writing of his main work, the Principia Mathematica, in 1685. Overview of Newton ...
Physicist Edward Andrade stated that Newton "was capable of greater sustained mental effort than any man, before or since", and noted earlier the place of Isaac Newton in history, stating: [201] From time to time in the history of mankind a man arises who is of universal significance, whose work changes the current of human thought or of human ...
Date of birth/death: 8 August 1646 : 19 October 1723 / 27 October 1723 : ... Isaac Newton : Date: 1689. Medium: oil on canvas Collection: Isaac Newton ...
Godfrey Kneller: Porträt des Isaac Newton (1642-1727) Artist: Godfrey Kneller (1646–1723) ... Date of birth/death: 8 August 1646 : 19 October 1723 / 27 October 1723 :
Originally part of the estate of Colsterworth, and still part of its ecclesiastical parish to this day, by the twelfth century Woolsthorpe was a separate manor.It was the seat of various families including the Sleafords, the Pigotts, the Thimelbys, the Burys, and the Underwoods, who in 1623 sold it to Robert Newton, Grandfather of Sir Isaac Newton.
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