Isaac Newton
4 January 1643 – 31 March 1727
English mathematician and physicist who formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation and, independently of Leibniz, developed calculus.
Lived at the same time
Well-documented people whose lives overlapped with Isaac Newton.
- Antonio Stradivari (1644–1737) Overlapped 83 years →
- Christopher Wren (1632–1723) Overlapped 80 years →
- Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632–1723) Overlapped 80 years →
- Mei Wending (1633–1721) Overlapped 78 years →
- William Penn (1644–1718) Overlapped 74 years →
- Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653–1725) Overlapped 72 years →
Life events
Birth
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Appointed Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge
1669
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Published Principia Mathematica
5 July 1687
The work set out his laws of motion and universal gravitation.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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Became Warden, then Master, of the Royal Mint
1696
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Elected President of the Royal Society
1703
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Death
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