Newton, Sir Isaac [FRS] (1642-1727), born at Woolsthorpe Manor, near Colsterworth, Newton was a mathematician and natural philosopher He attended School in Grantham and continued his studies at Cambridge University. Shortly after his graduated in 1665, the University was due to the Great Plague and Newton returned to Woolsthorpe, where during the next 18 months, he developed the method of ‘fluxions’ – basis of the calculus. He also continued his studies on light and optics, including the famous experiment, passing a beam of sunlight through a prism to split it into its constituent colours. Perhaps most famous, he allegedly observed an apple fall, which led him to develop the concept of gravitation (ODNB; O’Connor and Robertson; Parsons; English, 1977; Ketteringham, 1995).
Boole, George (1815-1864), mathematician, born in Lincoln (2 Nov.), his father John Boole was active in the local mechanics’ institute and George Boole presented an address on the genius and discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton, delivered on … 5 February 1835 at the Lincoln and Lincolnshire Mechanics Institute (Lincoln Gazette, 1835, 23p). Boole founded a school in Lincoln (c. 1835),and near Pottergate, is a house formerly occupied by Boole, who also ran an academy there [Baker]. He also taught in other schools in Lincoln and Waddington, and was appointed to the chair of mathematics at Queen’s College, Cork in 1849. Boole was the inventor of Boolean algebra and was author of An investigation of the laws of thought in which are founded the mathematical theories of logic and probabilities (1854), two mathematical textbooks and numerous papers. George Boole died on 8 December 1864 at Lichfield Cottage, Ballintemple, Ireland [Grattan-Guinness]. (ODNB; English 1977, 28; Baker 1983 Ketteringham 1995).
Booth, Charles Frederick (1900-1975), born in Leicester and educated in Lincoln Booth was a telecommunications engineer. He became head of the British team that participated in the development of the experimental communications satellite Telstar, launched in July 1962 (Redmore and Lester 2012, 4-5).
Brampton, John (fl. 1701), a teacher of mathematics at Sutton St Mary (Long Sutton), Lincolnshire, he is known through the advertisements that he placed [Taylor 1954, 298].
Newton, Sir Isaac [FRS] (1642-1727), born at Woolsthorpe Manor, near Colsterworth, Newton was a mathematician and natural philosopher He attended School in Grantham and continued his studies at Cambridge University. Shortly after his graduated in 1665, the University was due to the Great Plague and Newton returned to Woolsthorpe, where during the next 18 months, he developed the method of ‘fluxions’ – basis of the calculus. He also continued his studies on light and optics, including the famous experiment, passing a beam of sunlight through a prism to split it into its constituent colours. Perhaps most famous, he allegedly observed an apple fall, which led him to develop the concept of gravitation (ODNB; O’Connor and Robertson; Parsons; English, 1977; Ketteringham, 1995).
Smith, John (1580-1631), born Willoughby, explorer, colonist and Governor of the colony of Virginia [Ketteringham, 1995; Parsons; ODNB].
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