Isaac Newton vs Thomas Newcomen
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Compare the life timelines of Isaac Newton (1643–1727) and Thomas Newcomen (1664–1729) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 63 years, from 1664 to 1727.
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Isaac Newton (1643–1727)
- — Born in Woolsthorpe, England Verified
- — Appointed Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge
- — Published Principia Mathematica Verified
- — Became Warden, then Master, of the Royal Mint
- — Elected President of the Royal Society
- — Died in Kensington, London Verified
Thomas Newcomen (1664–1729)
- — Born in Dartmouth, Devon, England Verified
- — Established himself as an ironmonger in Dartmouth Verified
- — Developed the atmospheric steam engine with partner John Calley Verified
- — Entered a business arrangement under Thomas Savery's steam patent Verified
- — Served as a Baptist lay preacher and elder Verified
- — Installed the first successful atmospheric steam engine near Dudley Verified
- — Newcomen engines spread across Britain and continental Europe Verified
- — Died in London Verified