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==== '''Biographical Data''' ==== | |||
Born: December 25, 1642 in Woolsthorpe, England | |||
Professional life: | |||
until 1658 - School at Grantham | |||
1661 - Left for Cambridge University | |||
1665 - Forced to leave Cambridge in because of the plague | |||
1666 - Stays in Woolsthorpe and begins to develop his most famous insights | |||
1667 - Returned to Cambridge | |||
1669 - Became a part of faculty | |||
Offered post of warden of the Mint in 1696 | |||
1670-1671 - Composed Methodis fluxionum - his main work on the calculus | |||
1687 - Published first edition of Principia | |||
1689-1690 and 1701-1702 - member of parliament for the university in | |||
1703 - President of Royal Society | |||
Died: March 20, 1727, in London, England | |||
==== '''Personal Life''' ==== | |||
==== '''Academic focus''' ==== | |||
Revision as of 02:16, 4 December 2007
Life of Isaac Newton
Biographical Data
Born: December 25, 1642 in Woolsthorpe, England Professional life: until 1658 - School at Grantham 1661 - Left for Cambridge University 1665 - Forced to leave Cambridge in because of the plague 1666 - Stays in Woolsthorpe and begins to develop his most famous insights 1667 - Returned to Cambridge 1669 - Became a part of faculty Offered post of warden of the Mint in 1696 1670-1671 - Composed Methodis fluxionum - his main work on the calculus 1687 - Published first edition of Principia 1689-1690 and 1701-1702 - member of parliament for the university in 1703 - President of Royal Society Died: March 20, 1727, in London, England
