Was Isaac Newton poor or rich?

Answer 1

Isaac newton was born into a prosperous farming family. He attended the village school until the age of about 12, then boarded at King's School, Grantham - and then studied at the University of Cambridge ... He later became a Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, and later in life he was Warden (later Master) of the Royal Mint, and had the task of overseeing the recoinage of the currency from 1696 onwards. Later, he moved the pound over to the gold standard. All these were highly responsible jobs and well paid. It seems that he was prosperous but neither really rich and certainly not poor.

Answer 2

no the newton family is a middle class family.newton father had died when he was at the age of 6 his mother married again and the step father disliked by newton .newton was good at school and then he leaves his mother house and stay wit her aunt

Answer 3

Isaac's father (also called Isaac) was described as "a prosperous farmer." The fact that younger Isaac was able to be educated, instead of working to support the family, shows an unusually high degree of wealth for a family in the mid-1600s.

Answer 4

In his later years he became increasingly pore!

Answer 5

He was never a really wealthy man.

He did actually 'make' lots of money when he was in charge of the Royal Mint.

Answer 6

filthly rich

Answer 7

Poor