Isaac Newton
4 January 1643 – 31 March 1727
There are similarities between the beginning of Isaac Newton’s creativity and creativity today, as Newton was able to thrive in the closures of the plague epidemic to work on his ideas in the heart of Lincolnshire. During the Stuart period Newton developed his principle of ‘Universal Gravity’ and theories of gravitation and diffraction, which after being published in his book Principia would shape the maths and science worlds. After European scientists failed to discredit his work, he was established as a leading mind in his field and as one of the fathers of modern science and maths.
Newton was a farmer before becoming an insightful theologian and philosopher as well as the famous scientist we know today.
The man who entertained many is often himself romanticised to such an extent that it is claimed he was born and died on the same day.