Newton died in London on March 31, 1727 [OS: March 20, 1727][1], and was buried in Westminster Abbey. His half-niece, Catherine Barton Conduitt,[12] served as his hostess in social affairs at his house on Jermyn Street in London; he was her "very loving Uncle,"[13] according to his letter to her when she was recovering from smallpox. Although Newton, who had no children, had divested much of his estate onto relatives in his last years he actually died intestate.
After his death, Newton's body was discovered to have had massive amounts of mercury in it, probably resulting from his alchemical pursuits. Mercury poisoning could explain Newton's eccentricity in late life.[14]
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Newton died in London on March 31, 1727 [OS: March 20, 1727][1], and was buried in Westminster Abbey. His half-niece, Catherine Barton Conduitt,[12] served as his hostess in social affairs at his house on Jermyn Street in London; he was her "very loving Uncle,"[13] according to his letter to her when she was recovering from smallpox. Although Newton, who had no children, had divested much of his estate onto relatives in his last years he actually died intestate.
After his death, Newton's body was discovered to have had massive amounts of mercury in it, probably resulting from his alchemical pursuits. Mercury poisoning could explain Newton's eccentricity in late life.[14]
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I think he died from mercury poisoning as a result of all of his alchemy experiments.
mercury poisening from experiments.