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Sir Isaac Newton

By nbragg

  • Born

    Woolsthorpe, England

  • Mother leaves Isaac at the age of three

  • Period: to

    Newton studies at home

    Develops calculus, light theory, laws of planetary motion
  • Period: to

    Attends Cambridge University

  • Cambridge University closes due to Bubonic Plague

    Cambridge University closes due to Bubonic Plague

  • First Invention: Reflecting telescope

    First Invention: Reflecting telescope

  • Period: to

    Nervous breakdown; develops planetary motion

  • Publishes Principia

    Publishes Principia

  • Elected to represent Cambridge in Parliament

  • Period: to

    Suffers another nervous breakdown

  • Elected Warden of the Mint

  • Elected President of Royal Society

  • Knighted by Queen of England

  • Death

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