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
Starlord
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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.