How tall is Isaac Newton?

Isaac Newton's listed height was 168 cm (5'6").

About Isaac Newton

Sir Isaac Newton was an English polymath who worked as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, historian and inventor. He was born on 4 January 1643 at Woolsthorpe Manor. He was a key figure in the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment that followed.

His book Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, first published in 1687, formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation and established classical mechanics. Newton shares credit with Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz for formulating infinitesimal calculus. He built the first reflecting telescope and developed a theory of colour based on the observation that a prism separates white light into the colours of the visible spectrum. His work on light was collected in Opticks, published in 1704.

Newton stood a listed 168 cm (5'6"). He used his description of gravity to derive Kepler's laws of planetary motion and to account for tides and the trajectories of comets. He died on 31 March 1727.

Frequently asked

How tall is Isaac Newton in feet and inches? Isaac Newton was 5'6" tall, which is 168 cm, 66.1 inches or 1.68 m.

Sources

• Isaac Newton on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Isaac Newton on Wikidata — nationality and dates.

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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