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Isaac Barrow, 17th century English classical scholar, theologian, and mathematician, (c1850). Barrow (1630-1677) was the teacher of Isaac Newton. He became Lucasian professor of mathematics at Cambridge 1663, a post from which he resigned in 1669 to make way for Newton. He was appointed Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1672, and was the founder of its library. Taken from the book Old England's Worthies. (London, c1850).