Many historians believe it is likely but not certain that he was gay.
He never married or publicly courted a lady, and he lived with his ‘best friend’ for much of his life. On the other hand, we have no private letters or diaries that support this, as we do for many other figures.
Correct me if I’m wrong but I think Newton had stated that his chastity was a result of him attempting to emulate his biggest role model – Jesus Christ. (Could’ve also been a safe excuse)
It would be cool as hell if he was actually gay though… I’ll just imagine he was :P
Many historians believe it is likely but not certain that he was gay.
He never married or publicly courted a lady, and he lived with his ‘best friend’ for much of his life. On the other hand, we have no private letters or diaries that support this, as we do for many other figures.
Well, there was that young Swiss mathematician that Newton really liked sending letters to after his “best friend” moved out (or did he die? idk).
And the whole thing about him being very devout but never becoming ordained also screams gay.
I want to believe
Correct me if I’m wrong but I think Newton had stated that his chastity was a result of him attempting to emulate his biggest role model – Jesus Christ. (Could’ve also been a safe excuse)
It would be cool as hell if he was actually gay though… I’ll just imagine he was :P
Baroque cycle is quite a book about that.
awww, they were roommates!