The men of the Renaissance were among the greatest intellectuals of all humanity. To be considered in this category, they had to have high intelligence not in one subject but in several subjects. Renaissance men also made inventions or discoveries that were used in the future to make other discoveries. Sir Isaac Newton was one of the few to be classified as a Renaissance man. He was very intelligent in various subjects like mathematics and science. He was the founder of the famous laws of motion and calculation. He also discovered the theories of gravity that serve as the foundation of modern physics today. 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, England. There he obtained his baccalaureate in 1665 without distinction. In 1669, he replaced his mathematics teacher Isaac Barrow and remained at Trinity for twenty-seven years. After moving to London, Newton received the first knighthood for his scientific achievements. Sir Isaac Newton is the author of one of the most important books in the history of science, called the Principia. Newton is 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...... middle of paper ......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) Notable 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-OUo3NAs OcyQG tl4H4Dw&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 number GALE|K2641500155