Isaac Newton
Math Sir Isaac Newton On Christmas day in 1642 a premature baby by the name of Isaac Newton was born. Isaac was born in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England and attended day school there while living with his grandmother. When Isaac was about thirteen, he went away to Grammar School in Grantham where he noticed his interest in chemicals. In 1661, he went to Cambridge University and stayed there until 1696 (with some gaps due to the plague). Within his Cambridge years, Isaac reached high heights and made unbelievable accomplishments. In 1667 he was elected a Fellow of Trinity College and in 1669 he was appointed as Lucasian Professor in mathematics. Since Newton was against King James II’s plan of making the universities into catholic institutions, Newton was elected Member of Parliament for the University of Cambridge to the convention parliament of 1689. In 1696, Isaac left Cambridge and moved to London as Warden of the Royal Mint, and eventually became Master of the Mint in 1699. Earlier, in 1671, Newton was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London, which led him to the honorable position of president in 1703. Newton was then knighted for one of his major works, Optics, in 1705. Although Newton was known as the most highly esteemed natural philosopher in Europe, he was still a very modest and simple man. Based on his variety of respected positions, it is obvious that Isaac Newton was a wonderful commander and administrator. Newton despised criticism or opposition; he was harsh towards his enemies but generous to friends. Although Newton lived very modestly and did not have a family of his own, his burial in Westminster Abbey in 1727 was a very big deal and tragedy for many. Sir Isaac Newton came up with many different theories, and inventions that has been a great facet to science, math, and simply the knowledge of how the universe functions until this day. One of Newton’s contributions is his discovery of the universality of