Newton, Sir Isaac, 1642-1727 (Knight, natural philosopher and mathematician)
Dates
- Existence: 1642 - 1727
Biography
Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) was born at Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, on 25 December 1642. He attended Grantham Grammar School, 1654-1656, before matriculating at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1661 (B.A., 1665), where he became a Fellow in 1667. In 1669 he was appointed Lucasian Professor at the university. Newton was made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1672, and served as its President, 1703-1727. He was M.P. for Cambridge University, 1689 and 1701-1702. Newton's work on optics was published in 1704, and his research on the laws of motion appeared in his Principia, published in 1687. His other work included theological writings and the use of astronomy to try to amend ancient chronology. He was knighted in 1705, and died at Kensington, London, on 20 March 1727.
Found in 431 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from Isaac Newton to John Collins, 6 February 1669 (1669/70)
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Letter from Isaac Newton to John Collins, 18 February 1669 (1669/70)
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Letter from Isaac Newton to John Collins, 11 July 1670
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Letter from Isaac Newton to John Collins, 16 July 1670
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Letter from Isaac Newton to John Collins, 27 September 1670
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Letter from Isaac Newton to John Collins, 20 July 1671
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Letter from Isaac Newton to John Collins, 25 May 1672
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Letter from Isaac Newton to John Collins, 13 July 1672
A reply to a (lost) reply to 9597/18/18.
Letter from Isaac Newton to John Collins, 30 July 1672
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Letter from Isaac Newton to John Collins, 10 December 1672
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Letter from Isaac Newton to John Collins, 9 April 1673
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Letter from Isaac Newton to John Collins, 20 May 1673 (Year not given but obvious from context.)
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Letter from Isaac Newton to John Collins, 17 September 1673
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Letter from Isaac Newton to John Collins, 20 June 1674
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Letter from Isaac Newton to John Collins, 17 November 1674
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Letter from Isaac Newton to John Collins, 5 September 1676
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Letter from Isaac Newton to John Collins, 8 November 1676
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Letter from Isaac Newton [to John Smith?], 27 August 1675
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Letter from Isaac Newton to Michael Dary, 22 January 1675
Copy in Dary's hand.
Letter from Isaac Newton to Robert Boyle, 28 February 1678 (1678/9)
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Letter from Isaac Newton to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, including, "Observations upon the state of the coins of gold and silver", 20 October 1718-22 October 1718
Non-autograph copy.
Letter from Isaac Newton to unnamed recipient, possibly Henry Oldenburg, 6 January 1671 (1671/2)
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Letter from J Leon to Isaac Newton, reused for Newton's own calculations, c 1665-c 1727
Early drafts of the Principia and related notes; additions, corrections and revisions to the Principia. This is the 'general' category: papers relating specifically to lunar theory or containing mathematical problems are classified separately.
Letter from Newton and the Other Referees to Prince George of Demark Concerning the Publication of Flamsteed's Observations, 23 January 1705
The Portsmouth Collection is the principal collection of Isaac Newton's scientific and mathematical papers, including early drafts of the Principia, and his correspondence with Oldenburg, Halley Flamsteed and many of the other most prominent scientists of his day.
Letter from Sir Isaac Newton to Henry Oldenburg, 26 March 1672
Published in Philosophical Transactions (1665-1678), Vol. 7. (1672), pp. 4032-4034, as: "Mr. Newton's Letter to the Publisher of March 26. 1672. Containing Some More Suggestions about His New Telescope, and a Table of Apertures and Charges for the Several Lengths of That Instrument."
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