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Sir Isaac Newton (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726/27 [a]) was an English polymath active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author who was described in his time as a natural philosopher. [5] Newton was a key figure in the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment that followed. [6]
Sir Robert Southwell: Diplomat 10 1695–1698: Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax: Poet and Statesman: 11 1698–1703: John Somers, 1st Baron Somers: Jurist and Statesman: 12 1703–1727: Sir Isaac Newton: Physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian: 13 1727–1741: Sir Hans Sloane, 1st Baronet ...
The number of fellows had increased from 110 to approximately 300 by 1739, the reputation of the society had increased under the presidency of Sir Isaac Newton from 1703 until his death in 1727, [24] and editions of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society were appearing regularly. [25]
Sir Isaac Newton – England (1642–1727) Edward P. Ney – United States (1920–1996) Kendal Nezan – France, Kurdistan (born 1949) Holger Bech Nielsen – Denmark (born 1941) Leopoldo Nobili – Italy (1784–1835) Emmy Noether – Germany (1882–1935) Lothar Nordheim – Germany (1899–1985) Gunnar Nordström – Finland (1881–1923)
Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton (1643–1727), author of the Principia, by Godfrey Kneller (1689). The Preface of the work states: [15]Rational Mechanics will be the sciences of motion resulting from any forces whatsoever, and of the forces required to produce any motion, accurately proposed and demonstrated ...
He was elected one of the council in 1716, and in 1723 Sir Isaac Newton, president of the society, appointed him one of the vice-presidents. On the death of Newton he became a candidate for the presidency, but was defeated by Sir Hans Sloane , whom, however, he succeeded in 1741; in 1742 he was made a member of the French Royal Academy of ...
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 ...
Newton got his appointment because of his renown as a scientist and because he supported the winning side in the Glorious Revolution. [13] [14]At some time Locke nearly succeeded in procuring Newton an appointment as provost of King's College, Cambridge, but the college had offered a successful resistance on the grounds that the appointment would be illegal; its statutes required that the ...