Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.17130

    Portrait of Isaac Barrow

    Date
    ca.1683
    Sitter
    Isaac Barrow (1630 - 1677, British) , Classical and Mathematical Scholar, Mathematician
    Creator
    David Loggan (1634 - 1692, British) , Engraver
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Manuscript page number
    v3 p143
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (Plate): 244mm
    width (Plate): 183mm
    Subject
    Description
    Portrait of Isaac Barrow, engraved by David Loggan.

    Isaac Barrow (1630-1677) was a mathematician and theologian. He was elected to the Royal Society in 1662, and he was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge from 1672 until his death. His mathematical lectures were published, the manuscript versions of which can be found in the archives of the Royal Society. Barrow was the tutor of Isaac Newton.

    From a set of albums known as Collectanea Newtoniana, a selection of prints, original artwork and manuscripts relating to Newton, collected by Charles Turnor (1768-1853). Turnor was an astronomer, collector and Fellow of the Royal Society. He owned Woolsthorpe Manor (Newton’s birthplace).
    Related fellows
    Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727, British) , Natural philosopher
    Isaac Barrow (1630 - 1677, British) , Classical and Mathematical Scholar, Scholar
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