Person: NEWTON, Sir Isaac, F.R.S. (1643-1727)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Name

Sir Isaac NEWTON F.R.S.

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

scientist and mathematician, subject of lantern slides

Main period of activity

N/A

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

4 January 1643

born at

Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, Lincolnshire, England

20 March 1727

died at

Kensington, London W, England

Slides showing image of this person

slide image -- Monument to Sir Isaac Newton

Slide set references

image appears in: [Astronomy Sonnenborgh - box 06] (lecture: manufacturer unknown, 37 slides, in/after 1910)

minor subject of: Historic Lincolnshire (lecture: Riley Brothers, 55 slides, 1911)

minor subject of: Sir Isaac Newton and the apple (story: York & Son, 8 slides, in/before 1888)

image appears in: Westminster Abbey: [additional slides] (lecture: Newton & Co., 36 slides, 1898-1899)

References

Historic Lincolnshire (Bradford: Riley Brothers, 1911)

‘Sir Isaac Newton and the apple’ in several compilations

Lucerna ID 6002571

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 12 May 2015

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Person: NEWTON, Sir Isaac, F.R.S. (1643-1727)