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What was the full name of Sir Isaac Newton?

Question #104724. Asked by baazigar.

scottietwenty3
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scottietwenty3
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Answer has 22 votes.
Lawrence Isaac Newton James

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton

Apr 15 2009, 1:04 AM
intergalactic9
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Apr 15 2009, 1:09 AM
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The first link makes no mention of Lawrence Isaac Newton James that I or my word search can see, and the second simply states it without supporting evidence. This link
link http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Newton.html

suggests his full name was indeed Isaac Newton, and that his father, who died three months before his birth, was also named Isaac Newton. His mother remarried to a Rev Smith when Newton was two, but he never took that name, for which we should be thankful. Somehow, Smith's Laws of Motion doesn't really cut it.

Apr 15 2009, 5:08 AM
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Sir Isaac Newton born 25 Dec 1642 according to the Julian calendar or 04 Jan 1643 on the Gregorian calender at Woolsthopre, Lincolnshire.

link http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Newton.html

Apr 15 2009, 6:53 AM
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