page_title: Early life of Isaac Newton
hierarchical_section_title: Early life of Isaac Newton
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of Isaac Newton (1642-1727).This a copy of a painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller (1689). Español: Retrato de Isaac Newton (1642-1727), quien entre otras cosas fuera presidente de la Royal Society entre 1703 y 1727. Français&#160;: Portrait d'Isaac Newton (1642-1727).Il sagit d'une copie d'une peinture de Sir Godfrey Kneller (1689).
context_page_description: The following article is part of a biography of Sir Isaac Newton, the English mathematician and scientist, author of the Principia. It portrays the years after Newton's birth in 1642, his education, as well as his early scientific contributions, before the writing of his main work, the Principia Mathematica, in 1685.
context_section_description: The following article is part of a biography of Sir Isaac Newton, the English mathematician and scientist, author of the Principia. It portrays the years after Newton's birth in 1642, his education, as well as his early scientific contributions, before the writing of his main work, the Principia Mathematica, in 1685.
caption: Sir Isaac Newton at 46 in Godfrey Kneller's 1689 portrait.
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