Ezra Jack Keats broke the color barrier in childrenâs literature with the mainstream success of The Snowy Day, in 1962. He believed that all children should be able to see themselves in books they love. Read more about Ezra Jack Keats.
Newton's Life. In 1642, the year Galileo died, Isaac Newton was born in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England on Christmas Day. His father had died three months earlier, and baby Isaac, very premature, was also not expected to survive. It was said he could be fitted into a quart pot.
Early life[change | change source] Isaac Newton was born on 25 December 1642, in a manor house in Lincolnshire, England. His father died three months before his birth. When Isaac was three his mother remarried, and Isaac remained with his grandmother. He was not interested in the family farm, so he was sent to the University of Cambridge to study.