The Life of Sir Isaac Newton

He was a small child and not expected to survive. When Newton was three, his mother remarried and moved in with her new husband, Reverend Barnabus Smith, who lived in North Witham (approximately one mile away). His mother left Isaac in the care of his maternal grandmother, Margery Ayscough. Isaac did not like his stepfather and held some bitterness towards his mother for marrying him. From the ages of twelve to seventeen, Newton went to school at The King's School, Grantham.

When he was three his mother left him in the care of his grandmother, so she could remarry (Westfall 1). After being widowed for a second time she came back to help care for her son. At the age of twelve he was sent to The King’s School in Grantham to continue his education. Here he began to develop a growing love for books and an interest in handcrafting objects and drawing (DA C. Andrade 27-30). After graduating from the King’s School, Newton went to the University of Cambridge to study at Trinity College.

Born on Christmas Day, 1642, Isaac Newton spent his early childhood in a small farm-house in the hamlet of Woolsthope, sixty miles northwest of Cambridge and one hundred miles from London. Newton's biological father died before he was born and his mother remarried two years later to the Reverend Barnabas Smith. Newton attended the King's School at Grantham at the age of twelve but was brought home by his mother at nearly the age of sixteen to manage the estate. Luckily for science, Newton showed little interest in farming. Newton's childhood acquaintances remember him building a model windmill, ingenious water-mill and many sun-dials (North 5-8).

Isaac Newton was born into a poor farming family on Christmas day 1642 in Lincolnshire, England. He came into the world never getting a chance to meet his father for the fact that his father died three months before Isaac’s birth. At the age of three, Isaac's mother remarried and left behind the poor boy to go live with her new husband, therefore leaving only his grandmother to take care of him. Isaac continued on his whole life hating his mother and his stepfather and in his words said "Threatening my father and mother Smith to burn them and the house over them". Starting at the age of twelve, Isaac Newton attended school at The King's School in Grantham, however being removed by his mother after a few years to become a farmer caused a minor setback.

He was the only son of a prosperous farmer whose name was also Isaac Newton. Unfortunately his father passed away about 3 months before he was even born. Newton was a premature baby and was not expected to survive. His mother, Hannah Ayscough, remarried when he was 3 and left him to his grandmother. This action made him very insecure later in life (“Isaac”).

Newton entered Trinity College, Cambridge in 1661. His interest in mathematics began in the autumn of 1663, a date which matches the beginnings of his deep mathematical studies. When the plague forced the University to close in the summer of 1665, he returned to Lincolnshire [where he was born]. For a period of less than two years, Newton began revolutionary advances in mathematics and other areas such as optics, physics, and astronomy (O’Connor and Robertson). It is important to know where most of his discoveries were done in order to understand the reasons behind his inventions.

Newton was born on Christmas Day, 1642 in Woolsthorpe, England. He was born the same day that Galileo Galilei died. His step- father died a couple months before he was born, and 2 years later his mother marries a well-to-do minister by the name of Barnabas Smith. Newton's mother, Hannah, soon left her son with his grandmother in order to start a new life with her husband. Due to his traumatic past at an early age, Newton showed signs of psychotic tendencies.

After his stepfathers death, when Isaac was 11, his mother to0ok him back to live with her in Woolsthrope in Lincolnshire, where he attended a school called kings School, Grantham. He came from a family of farmers, and was anticipated to carry on the farming tradition, that’s what his mother wanted anyway, until his uncle acknowledged how intelligent he was. His mother extracted him from grammar school in Grantham where he had shown insufficient work in academics. His report cards describe him ‘inattentive’ and ‘idle’. His uncle thought that he should be prepared for college.

When Newton was 11 his mother took him out of school so that he could be like his deceased father, a farmer. Farming however was not his strong suit, which was great news for us. If he had taken the road of agriculture we may not have had the discoveries we have today. So he stopped farming and went back to King’s School at Graham. The intelligent Newton we know off today was not present in his earlier days of school.

Isaac Newton was born on December 25, 1642 in Woolsthorpe England. His father who was also named Isaac Newton was farmer. He died three months before Isaac was born. Isaac was born premature and was a weak child. Isaac’s mother went on to remarry, leaving Isaac to live with his grandmother.