Isaac Newton
Born:
December 25, 1642
Died:
March 20, 1726
Age:
83
Summary

Sir Isaac Newton PRS (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726/27) was an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, and author (described in his own day as a "natural philosopher") who is widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time and as a key figure in the scientific revolution. His book Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy), first published in 1687, laid the foundations of classical mechanics. Newton also made seminal contributions to optics, and shares credit with Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz for developing the infinitesimal calculus.

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Facsimile of a 1682 letter from Isaac Newton to Dr William Briggs, commenting on Briggs' "A New Theory of Vision".
Facsimile of a 1682 letter from Isaac Newton to Dr William Briggs, commenting on Briggs' "A New Theory of Vision".
Isaac Newton in old age in 1712, portrait by Sir James Thornhill
Isaac Newton in old age in 1712, portrait by Sir James Thornhill
Newton statue on display at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Newton statue on display at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Newton's tomb in Westminster Abbey
Newton's tomb in Westminster Abbey
Newton in a 1702 portrait by Godfrey Kneller
Newton in a 1702 portrait by Godfrey Kneller
Illustration of a dispersive prism decomposing white light into the colours of the spectrum, as discovered by Newton
Illustration of a dispersive prism decomposing white light into the colours of the spectrum, as discovered by Newton
Eduardo Paolozzi's Newton, after William Blake (1995), outside the British Library
Eduardo Paolozzi's Newton, after William Blake (1995), outside the British Library
  
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