Background Information
Newton was born a
premature and tiny, on the day of Christmas (according to the Julian calendar
used in England at the time) in Woolsthorpe, England 1642. His father was
wealthy but uneducated, and died on October 1642 three months prior to Newton’s
birth Newton’s mother Hannah died in 1679. When
Newton was three years old, Hannah Newton remarried and moved away, then later
died in 1679, therefore leaving him in the care of his grandmother.
Purely based on old age Newton's health began to deteriorate, when Newton was eighty he began to suffer from incontinence, due to a weakness in the bladder, and his movement and diet became restricted and slow. His diet consisted mainly of vegetables and broth, and was afflicted by a stone in the bladder. By 1693, also known as Newton's black year he was plagued by depression and insomnia, and apparently suffered a nervous breakdown in September. In 1725 Newton fell ill with gout, and suffered hemorrhoids the following year. Meanwhile, the pain from his bladder stones grew worse, and on March 19, 1727, he blacked out and never regained consciousness. He died on March 20, at the age of eighty-five, and was buried in Westminster Abbey, England's important figures attended his funeral, and his coffin was carried by royalty. Newton’s funeral was a funeral fit for a king.
Newton had a basic education in his local schools, at the age of twelve he was sent to the King's School in Grantham, England, where he lived in the home of a pharmacist named Clark. Newton was interested in Clark's chemical library and laboratory and built mechanical devices to amuse Clark's daughter, his creations included a windmill run by a live mouse, floating lanterns, and sun dials, these machines that he made were a sign of his intelligence and creativity.
After Newton's stepfather died, Hannah returned to Woolsthorpe, she pulled him out of school to help run the family farm. He preferred reading to working, though, and it became obvious for Newton that farming was not his vocation. By nineteen years of age Newton entered Trinity College, in Cambridge England. After receiving his bachelor's degree in 1665, Newton stayed on for his master's, but an outbreak of the plague occurred this forced the school to close down. Newton, then returned to Woolsthorpe for eighteen months, from 1666 to 1667, during which time he performed basic experiments and started to gain an interest in gravity, he also worked as a servant and a journal in which he noted his ideas and findings.
Newton later returned to Cambridge in 1667, he quickly completed the requirements for his master's degree and then began a period of expanding on the work he had started at Woolsthorpe. His mathematics professor, Isaac Barrow, was the first to recognize Newton's unusual ability and talent. When Barrow resigned to take another job in 1669, he recommended that Newton take his place. Newton became a professor of mathematics at the age of twenty-seven and stayed at Trinity for a period of twenty-seven years.
Throughout Newton’s life he had many positions that he had these positions were much respected and people saw him as a great teacher to others. In 1669 Newton was appointed Lucasian Chair/professor of Mathematics at Trinity, a position he will held for the next twenty-seven years. In 1689 Newton was elected as Cambridge's representative to Parliament. In 1695 Newton was appointed warden of the Royal Mint, his job was to oversee the implementation of a new currency, He left Cambridge and moved to London. In 1699 Newton was named master of the Royal Mint. Here are a list of major positions that Newton was appointed throughout his life. In Newton’s days awards were not something common or commonly fantasied over, it was purely recognition of work that was more described as an achievement and the membership of a prestigious society, here are a list of things he was recognised for and his membership in societies:
It was said that Isaac Newton was a loner, he was basically unapproachable, and possessed a very bad disposition in life. In the scientific community even his scientific colleagues could hardly stand to be around him at times. It was said that no one had ever seen Newton laugh heartily. He would smile sometimes, but never laughed out-loud. It was also said that he remained a virgin his whole life, which probably accounts for his distasteful disposition. I also read that in his whole life, he had never been more than 120 miles away from his birth place.
Purely based on old age Newton's health began to deteriorate, when Newton was eighty he began to suffer from incontinence, due to a weakness in the bladder, and his movement and diet became restricted and slow. His diet consisted mainly of vegetables and broth, and was afflicted by a stone in the bladder. By 1693, also known as Newton's black year he was plagued by depression and insomnia, and apparently suffered a nervous breakdown in September. In 1725 Newton fell ill with gout, and suffered hemorrhoids the following year. Meanwhile, the pain from his bladder stones grew worse, and on March 19, 1727, he blacked out and never regained consciousness. He died on March 20, at the age of eighty-five, and was buried in Westminster Abbey, England's important figures attended his funeral, and his coffin was carried by royalty. Newton’s funeral was a funeral fit for a king.
Newton had a basic education in his local schools, at the age of twelve he was sent to the King's School in Grantham, England, where he lived in the home of a pharmacist named Clark. Newton was interested in Clark's chemical library and laboratory and built mechanical devices to amuse Clark's daughter, his creations included a windmill run by a live mouse, floating lanterns, and sun dials, these machines that he made were a sign of his intelligence and creativity.
After Newton's stepfather died, Hannah returned to Woolsthorpe, she pulled him out of school to help run the family farm. He preferred reading to working, though, and it became obvious for Newton that farming was not his vocation. By nineteen years of age Newton entered Trinity College, in Cambridge England. After receiving his bachelor's degree in 1665, Newton stayed on for his master's, but an outbreak of the plague occurred this forced the school to close down. Newton, then returned to Woolsthorpe for eighteen months, from 1666 to 1667, during which time he performed basic experiments and started to gain an interest in gravity, he also worked as a servant and a journal in which he noted his ideas and findings.
Newton later returned to Cambridge in 1667, he quickly completed the requirements for his master's degree and then began a period of expanding on the work he had started at Woolsthorpe. His mathematics professor, Isaac Barrow, was the first to recognize Newton's unusual ability and talent. When Barrow resigned to take another job in 1669, he recommended that Newton take his place. Newton became a professor of mathematics at the age of twenty-seven and stayed at Trinity for a period of twenty-seven years.
Throughout Newton’s life he had many positions that he had these positions were much respected and people saw him as a great teacher to others. In 1669 Newton was appointed Lucasian Chair/professor of Mathematics at Trinity, a position he will held for the next twenty-seven years. In 1689 Newton was elected as Cambridge's representative to Parliament. In 1695 Newton was appointed warden of the Royal Mint, his job was to oversee the implementation of a new currency, He left Cambridge and moved to London. In 1699 Newton was named master of the Royal Mint. Here are a list of major positions that Newton was appointed throughout his life. In Newton’s days awards were not something common or commonly fantasied over, it was purely recognition of work that was more described as an achievement and the membership of a prestigious society, here are a list of things he was recognised for and his membership in societies:
- He was a resident of the royal society
- He was an associate of the French academy
of Science
- He was a member of parliament for
Cambridge University
- He was a warden of the yellow mint
- He was the Lucasian professor of
Mathematics
- Adopted the unit of force, Newton (N) into
the System of International (SI)
It was said that Isaac Newton was a loner, he was basically unapproachable, and possessed a very bad disposition in life. In the scientific community even his scientific colleagues could hardly stand to be around him at times. It was said that no one had ever seen Newton laugh heartily. He would smile sometimes, but never laughed out-loud. It was also said that he remained a virgin his whole life, which probably accounts for his distasteful disposition. I also read that in his whole life, he had never been more than 120 miles away from his birth place.