Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton
Portrait of Newton at 46 by Godfrey Kneller, 1689
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an English mathematician, and physicist widely recognized as one of the greatest mathematicians and physicists of all time and among the most influential scientists
Born
4 January 1643 Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, Lincolnshire, England
Died
31 March 1727 (aged 84) Kensington, Middlesex, Great Britain
Known for
List Newtonian mechanics Universal gravitation Calculus Newton's laws of motion Optics Binomial series Principia Newton's method Newton's Law of Cooling Newton's identities Newton's metal Newton line Newton-Gauss
Fields
Physics Natural philosophy Alchemy Theology Mathematics Astronomy Economics
Awards
FRS (1672) Knight Bachelor (1705)
Institutions
University of Cambridge Royal Society Royal Mint
Academic advisors
Isaac Barrow Benjamin Pulleyn
adultbasic
Britain
Education
Trinity College, Cambridge ( M.A., 1668)
era
1600-1800
Influenced
List In the natural sciences and mathematics Boole Einstein Euler Clairaut Châtelet 's Gravesande Hamilton Laplace Maxwell Routh Newtonianism In the humanities Berkeley Diderot Hartley Hume Jefferson Kant
Influences
Aristotle Boyle Descartes Galileo Huygens Kepler Maimonides Street
Notable students
Roger Cotes William Whiston
Political party
Whig
Preceded by
Isaac Barrow
Resting place
Westminster Abbey
Succeeded by
William Whiston