Sir Isaac Newton
Newton was born in 1643 in Lincolnshire, England. His father had died two months before his birth. when he was three his mother remarried.He attended Free Grammar school.Though Newton did not excel in school, he did earn the opportunity to attend Trinity College Cambridge where he wanted to study law. His mother refused to pay for his education so while at college he worked as a servant to pay his way. Newton also kept a journal where he was able to express his ideas on various topics. He became interested in mathematics after buying a book at a fair and not understanding the math concepts it contained. Newton graduated with a bachelors degree in 1665. The further pursuit of an education was interrupted by the plague. Trinity College was closed due to the highly contagious, deadly disease. Newton went home. It was during this time that Newton started to pursue his own ideas on math, physics, optics and astronomy. By 1666 he had completed his early work on his three laws of motion. The university reopened and Newton took a fellowship in order to obtain his masters degree. Isaac newton was very interested in the discoveries of Galileo and others.Newton died in 1727.
Thomas Alva Edison
Thomas was born in 1847.Thomas Edison was the great genius inventor of the electrical age.Edison had very little formal education as a child, attending school only for a few months. In 1859, Edison took a job selling newspapers and candy on the Grand Trunk Railroad to Detroit.In 1862. In 1871, Thomas Edison married Mary Stilwell. 