4th+Period+-+Sir+Isaac+Newton

=4th Period - Sir Isaac Newton=

By: Max G.



Date of birth: December 25, 1642

Location of birth: Woolsthoppe Manor, Great Britain

Parents’ names: Isaac Newton Senior, Minister Stepfather and Hannah Newton

Family background: Had 3 half siblings, a half brother and two half sisters.His dad had died three day before Isaacs birth. His mother remarried a wealthy minister. His father was a farmer and mother had no job but was already well off.

Date of death: March 20, 1727

Location of death/grave: London England, Westminster Abbey in his own bed

Education: Isaacs first lessons were taught in a day school. He was a avid writer. At the age of 12 Isaac was transported to Kings School. He inherited his stepfathers library full of Christian books. Math was not a subject taught to him but somewhere over the next six years he must have picked it up. He was very good with tools and built many things with them. Isaac later went to Trinity College from 1661 to 1668.

Career: Newton was a inventor, a scientist and a mathematician. He is most famous for his inventions and the periods of time he worked. He worked at Trinity College as a professor until he became warden and later became president of a mint factory.

Legacy: Isaac Newton is famous for his invention of calculus and that his greatest time of achievments was when a plauge that lasted for two years. During that time many subjects of his work were exaggerated and maybe even lied about.



Additional/Interesting information: Newton was unfriendly to most boys including his brother. Maybe because his mother had abandoned when he was a toddler so she could get remarried. His inventions include calculus, the three laws of motion, and the law of gravity.

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