Isaac Newton
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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
