![]() Later, in 1733, Voltaire announced that Newton “had neither passion nor weakness he never went near any woman”. When he was barely three years old, his mother remarried and moved into the home of her new husband Barnabas Smith, leaving the infant Isaac in the care of her. He spent hours in his Lab and for research. Isaac Newton, in full Sir Isaac Newton, (born DecemJanuary 4, 1643, New Style, Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, Englanddied March 20 March 31, 1727, London), English physicist and mathematician, who was the culminating figure of the Scientific Revolution of the 17th century. His mother, Hannah Ayscough, remarried when Newton was three and went on to have three children with her new spouse. ![]() During the time of his funeral, French philosopher and author, Voltaire was present at the scene and he later wrote, “I have had that confirmed by the doctor and the surgeon who were with him when he died” (apparently, Newton himself said at his deathbed that he was a virgin). It is true to say that Isaac Newton was married to Science and to his career as a Scientist. ![]() Despite this success, Sir Isaac was never quick to share with his family and acquaintances. He accumulated wealth from his scientific inventions and his work at the university and while working in parliament. from his wife (and Newtons niece) Catherine Conduitt (ne Barton 1679-1739). It is also believed that he never dated but dedicated his life to science. He did not marry throughout his life and after his death, it was said that he died a virgin. Portrait of Isaac Newton engraved by Jacob Houbraken after a painting by. However, when he was a teenager, he displayed anger towards his mother for all her actions. On being persuaded by the master of his school, Henry Stokes, his mother sent him back to school and Newton studied hard and completed his education with flying colours. Isaac was disheartened for having to spend one year without studies and never enjoyed working in the fields. ![]() She, therefore, made the young boy discontinue his studies at a significant point in his academic life. His father used to be a farmer and Hannah, his mother, wanted that Newton too takes up the same occupation. Smith died and after that Newton began to live with his mother again. ![]()
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