Rebekah Higgitt 
Recreating Newton [PDF ebook] 
Newtonian Biography and the Making of Nineteenth-Century History of Science

Examines Isaac Newton’s changing legacy during the nineteenth century. This book focuses on 1820-70, a period that saw the creation of the specialized and secularized role of the ‘scientist’. It shows how debates about Newton’s character stimulated historical scholarship and led to the development of a new expertise in the history of science.