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| =[[Life of Isaac Newton]]=
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| ==== '''Biographical Data''' ====
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| Born: December 25, 1642 in Woolsthorpe, England
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| Professional life:
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| until 1658 - School at Grantham
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| 1661 - Left for Cambridge University
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| 1665 - Forced to leave Cambridge in because of the plague
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| 1666 - Stays in Woolsthorpe and begins to develop his most famous insights
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| 1667 - Returned to Cambridge
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| 1669 - Became a part of faculty
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| Offered post of warden of the Mint in 1696
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| 1670-1671 - Composed Methodis fluxionum - his main work on the calculus
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| 1687 - Published first edition of Principia
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| 1689-1690 and 1701-1702 - member of parliament for the university in
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| 1703 - President of Royal Society
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| Died: March 20, 1727, in London, England
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| ==== '''Personal Life''' ====
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| ==== '''Academic focus''' ====
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Latest revision as of 21:14, 14 December 2007
