Renaissance men were some of the greatest intellectuals of all humanity. To be considered in this category, they had to have high intelligence not only in one subject but in various subjects. Renaissance men had also made inventions or discoveries that would be used in the future to make further discoveries. Sir Isaac Newton was one of the few to be classified as a Renaissance man. He was very intelligent in various subjects such as mathematics and science. He was the founder of the famous laws of motion and infinitesimal calculus. He also discovered the theories of gravity that are used today as the basis of modern physics. Sir Isaac Newton influenced future generations with his radical ideas through unique theories and revolutionary discoveries. Sir Isaac Newton was born in Woolsthorpe Lincolnshire, England on Christmas Day 1642. He was an English scientist and mathematician. His father, Isaac Newton, died three months before his birth. His mother, Hannah Ayscough, left three-year-old Isaac Newton in the care of his grandmother to remarry the Reverend Barnabus Smith. Sir Isaac Newton went to school at Trinity College, Cambridge in England. There he received his degree in 1665 without honours. In 1669 he replaced his mathematics professor Isaac Barrow and remained at Trinity for twenty-seven years. After moving to London, Newton received the first knighthood for scientific achievements. Sir Isaac Newton was the author of one of the most important books in the history of science called Principia. Newton was the founder of the three laws of motion and the law of universal gravitation. Sir Isaac Newton was appointed president of the Royal Society in 1703. Sir Isaac Newton never married but had...... half of document......S;BCLib;document;218208349Bowles, LC (1863). The monthly religious magazine (vols. 29-30). Retrieved from http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=PXYUAAAAYAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_sMathematics. (2010). Retrieved from the Gale Biography in Context database. (Accession No. GALE|CV2642950223)Remarkable mathematics. (2008). Retrieved from the Gale Biography in Context database. (Accession No. GALE|K1625000162)Rosinsky, N.M. (2007). Sir Isaac Newton: brilliant mathematician and scientist. Retrieved from http://books.google.com/books?id=k-GjZ7gnWoQC&pg=PA88&lpg=PA88&dq=isaac+newton+coin+ridges&source=bl&ots=fUYBLmx_vl&sig=hnMn1ziIWkGPh_cMxr70SxnFokg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=cT-OU o3NAsOcyQGtl4H4Dw&ved=0CFgQ6AEwBA#v= onepage&q=isaac%20newton%20coin%20ridges&f=falseScientist: Their Lives and Works. (2006). Retrieved from the Gale Biography in Context database. (Accession no. GALE|K2641500155