Isaac Newton
Natural philosopher . Advanced the theory of gravitation in Principia mathematica (1687) and of light in Opticks (1704). Lucasian Professor, Cambridge University, 1669–1701. Master of the mint, 1699. President of the Royal Society of London, 1703–27. Knighted, 1705. FRS 1672.
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See also Correspondence, volume(s): 11