What is the current generation of Isaac Newton's family up to?

Isaac Newton didn't have children, as far as we know (he's reported to have died a virgin). And he was the only child of his father, also called Isaac Newton, who died three months before the son's birth. read more

Isaac Newton didn’t have children, as far as we know (he’s reported to have died a virgin). And he was the only child of his father, also called Isaac Newton, who died three months before the son’s birth. read more

"Sir Isaac Newton, the greatest English mathematician of his generation, was born on Christmas day 1642 (the same year that the great astronomer and scientist, Galileo, died) Behind the organ in Colsterworth church almost out of sight is a sundial carved by Sir Isaac Newton when he was a boy. read more

Moreover, Locke visited Newton in Cambridge and Newton visited Locke in Essex (which seems to have been unique in the life of Newton, who was not very sociable and hardly travelled at all). Science historian Derek Gjertsen notes that Newton’s letters to Locke were “about as informal and conversational” as he was capable of being. read more