
What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Arthur Storer 1645-1687 astronomer & mathematician attended this school with his lifelong friend Sir Isaac Newton. First named astronomer in North America. Mentioned in Newton's Principia Recorded plaque organisation: Grantham Civic Society.
Arthur Storer was the first named astronomer in North America and a classmate of Sir Isaac Newton, who later referenced him in the "Principia."
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