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Sir Isaac Newton,
FRS (pronounced /ˈnjuːtən/;
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Godfrey Kneller's 1689 portrait of Isaac Newton aged 46
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| Born |
4
January 1643
Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth
Lincolnshire, England |
| Died |
31
March 1727 (aged 84)
Kensington, London, England |
| Residence |
England |
| Fields |
Physics,
mathematics, astronomy,
natural philosophy, alchemy,
theology |
| Institutions |
University
of Cambridge
Royal Society |
| Alma
mater |
Trinity
College, Cambridge |
| Known for |
Newtonian
mechanics
Universal gravitation
Calculus
Optics |
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