Isaac Newton was one of the leading figures of the ... England, to a poor farming family. His father had died before his birth, and he grew up in the care of his mother and grandmother.

When Isaac was three, his mother left him with his grandmother and married a man from a nearby village. This turbulent start scarred Newton for life. He felt rejected by his family. He hated his ...

NEWTON - Dozens of Newton parents braved the cold weather Wednesday morning to rally in support of their children's teachers, who could hold a strike vote as early as Thursday. The teachers have ...

and Robert A descendant of Sir Isaac Newton who bought a sapling from the apple tree said to have inspired the theory of gravity has said he plans to plant it in the family's cider orchard.

The son of a farming family, Sir Isaac Newton was born in Lincolnshire in England in 1643. He is best known as the scientist who first identified the effects of gravity. A popular story claims ...