Newton, Sir Isaac, 1642-1727 (Knight, natural philosopher and mathematician)
Person
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:
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Letter from Isaac Newton to John Collins, 20 May 1673 (Year not given but obvious from context.)
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/2/18/35
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Dates:
20 May 1673 (Year not given but obvious from context.)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/macclesfield/1
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Letter from Isaac Newton to John Collins, 17 September 1673
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/2/18/36
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Dates:
17 September 1673
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/macclesfield/1
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Letter from Isaac Newton to John Collins, 20 June 1674
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/2/18/37
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Dates:
20 June 1674
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/macclesfield/1
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Letter from Isaac Newton to John Collins, 17 November 1674
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/2/18/38-39
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Dates:
17 November 1674
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/macclesfield/1
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Letter from Isaac Newton to John Collins, 5 September 1676
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/2/18/55
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Dates:
5 September 1676
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/macclesfield/1
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Letter from Isaac Newton to John Collins, 8 November 1676
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/2/18/58-59
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Dates:
8 November 1676
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/macclesfield/1
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Letter from Isaac Newton to John Collins, 2 October 1672
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/2/12
Scope and Contents
Not published.
Dates:
2 October 1672
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/macclesfield/1
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Letter from Isaac Newton to John Collins, 19 January 1669 (1669/70)
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/2/18/1
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Dates:
19 January 1669 (1669/70)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/macclesfield/1
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Letter from Isaac Newton to John Collins, 6 February 1669 (1669/70)
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/2/18/2
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Dates:
6 February 1669 (1669/70)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/macclesfield/1
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Letter from Isaac Newton to John Collins, 18 February 1669 (1669/70)
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/2/18/5
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Dates:
18 February 1669 (1669/70)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/macclesfield/1
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Letter from Isaac Newton to John Collins, 11 July 1670
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/2/18/6
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Dates:
11 July 1670
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/macclesfield/1
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Letter from Isaac Newton to John Collins, 16 July 1670
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/2/18/8
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Dates:
16 July 1670
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/macclesfield/1
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Letter from Isaac Newton to John Collins, 27 September 1670
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/2/18/10
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Dates:
27 September 1670
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/macclesfield/1
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Letter from Isaac Newton to John Collins, 20 July 1671
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/2/18/11
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Dates:
20 July 1671
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/macclesfield/1
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Letter from Isaac Newton to John Collins, 25 May 1672
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/2/18/18
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Dates:
25 May 1672
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/macclesfield/1
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Letter from Isaac Newton to John Collins, 13 July 1672
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/2/18/23
Scope and Contents
A reply to a (lost) reply to 9597/18/18.
Dates:
13 July 1672
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/macclesfield/1
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Letter from Isaac Newton to John Collins, 30 July 1672
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/2/18/25
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Dates:
30 July 1672
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/macclesfield/1
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Letter from Isaac Newton [to John Smith?], 27 August 1675
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/2/18/44
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Dates:
27 August 1675
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/macclesfield/1
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Letter from Isaac Newton to Michael Dary, 22 January 1675
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/2/18/42
Scope and Contents
Copy in Dary's hand.
Dates:
22 January 1675
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/macclesfield/1
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Letter from Isaac Newton to Robert Boyle, 28 February 1678 (1678/9)
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/2/18/62-65
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Dates:
28 February 1678 (1678/9)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/macclesfield/1
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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
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/2/18/71-78
Scope and Contents
Non-autograph copy.
Dates:
20 October 1718-22 October 1718
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/macclesfield/1
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Letter from Isaac Newton to unnamed recipient, possibly Henry Oldenburg, 6 January 1671 (1671/2)
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/2/18/12
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Dates:
6 January 1671 (1671/2)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/macclesfield/1
File
Letter from J Leon to Isaac Newton, reused for Newton's own calculations, c 1665-c 1727
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3965.10: 120
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
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.
Dates:
c 1665-c 1727
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
Series
Letter from Newton and the Other Referees to Prince George of Demark Concerning the Publication of Flamsteed's Observations, 23 January 1705
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4006.4: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
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.
Dates:
23 January 1705
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
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Letter from Sir Isaac Newton to Henry Oldenburg, 26 March 1672
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3976.2
Scope and Contents
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."
Dates:
26 March 1672
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
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