Sir Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton's life can be divided into three quite distinct periods.Isaac Newton was born in the manor house of Woolsthorpe, near Grantham in Lincolnshire.Basically treated as an orphan, Isaac did not have a happy childhood.There is no doubt that Isaac felt very bitter towards his mother and his step-father Barnabas Smith.From shortly after this time Isaac began attending the Free Grammar School in Grantham.Although this was only five miles from his home, Isaac lodged with the Clark family at Grantham.Another piece of evidence comes from Isaac's list of sins referred to above.Newton entered his uncle's old College, Trinity College Cambridge, on 5 June 1661.Newton's aim at Cambridge was a law degree.Newton studied the philosophy of Descartes, Gassendi, Hobbes, and in particular Boyle.