Lunchtime Talk: Sir Isaac Newton

While Newton is buried in Scientists’ Corner, he was a man of many talents, including managing the currency for 30 years at the Tower of London’s Royal Mint. 300 years after his death, discover how both Newton’s role at the heart of a financial revolution and his science were profoundly shaped by and connected to the changes going on in the world around him.

About the speaker

Dr Alice Marples is a historian of early modern science and culture, particularly focused on communication, collecting and empire in the early eighteenth century. She has held research posts at King’s College London, University of Manchester, The Royal Society, the National Archives, and the University of Oxford, among others. Her first book is entitled ‘The Transactioneer: Hans Sloane and the Rise of Public Natural History in Eighteenth-Century’ (December 2026). She works in the Research Development team at The British Library.

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