Catherine Barton
Society wit, Isaac Newton's niece · Lived 1679 to 1739 · aged 60
Catherine Barton (1679-1739) was an English woman who oversaw the running of the household of her uncle, scientist Isaac Newton. She was reputed to be the source of the story of the apple inspiring Newton's work on gravity, and his papers came to her on his death.
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She was rumoured to have been the mistress of the poet and statesman Charles Montagu and later married politician John Conduitt.