 Godfrey Kneller's 1689 portrait of Isaac Newton (age 46) | |
| Born | 4 January 1643 [OS: 25 December 1642] Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth Lincolnshire, England |
| Died | 31 March 1727 (aged 84) [OS: 20 March 1726] Kensington, Middlesex, England |
| Residence | England |
| Nationality | English |
| Fields | Physics, mathematics, astronomy, natural philosophy, alchemy, Christian theology |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge Royal Society Royal Mint |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Academic advisors | Isaac Barrow Benjamin Pulleyn |
| Notable students | Roger Cotes William Whiston |
| Known for | Newtonian mechanics Universal gravitation Infinitesimal calculus Optics Binomial series Newton's method Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica |
| Influences | Henry More Polish Brethren |
| Influenced | Nicolas Fatio de Duillier John Keill |
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Notes His mother was Hannah Ayscough. His half-niece was Catherine Barton. | |
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