Isaac Newton - Shades of HP?

[Tonks]

No: HPFGUIDX 150119

While doing research into the concept of Alchemy, I stumbled upon a 
most interesting book:  "Isaac Newton - the Last Sorcerer" by 
Michael White.

Now maybe I am just an obsessed HP fan that sees HP everywhere, but 
I wonder if JKR has read about Newton and picked up some ideas from 
his old papers.  (This book was written in 1997 so it would not have 
been from this author.)

I say this because Isaac has some resemblance to Snape and a bit to 
LV.  His father died just before his birth and he was abandoned by 
his mother. (the opposite of LV.)  As a young man he took his name 
in Latin and rearranged the letter to spell:  Jeova Sanctus Unus, 
which means One Holy God.  He published his alchemist papers under 
that name. He did many secret experiments in alchemy.

He held what was called the Lucasian Professorship of Mathematics at 
Cambridge, and lectured only because he had to.  He hated teaching 
and hated the students.  Reminds me of Snape. (and Lucas can slide 
into Lucius)

What is really interesting in this book is this:
"On a freezing-cold late-December night in 1666, a black-haired, 
scruffily dressed stranger appeared at the house of the philosopher 

."  The story goes on to say that this stranger had a fragment of 
the philosopher's stone.  Now doesn't that black-haired, scruffily 
dressed stranger sound like Snape? (note the year
 666.)

The book explains that Alchemy developed in Alexandria, Egypt.(again 
Egypt)  It explains Aristotle's concept of 4 elements of earth, 
water, sky, and fire, which are important in Alchemy.  We know that 
JKR has said that the 4 Hogwarts houses represent the 4 elements.  
Why?

One of Newton's alchemy experiments did succeed in producing 
something called the "reguli" or what the alchemist called "the 
Regulus of Mars".  Shades of HP here, but what does it all mean???
Newton copies into his note this writing from another 
alchemist:  "Some have thought that this Star is the true substance 
of the Philosopher's Stone. But this is a mistaken notion, and those 
who entertain it stray far afield from the straight and royal road, 
and torment themselves with breaking rocks on which the eagles, and 
the wild goats have fixed their abode. This star is not so precious 
as to contain the Great Stone; but yet there is hidden in it a 
wonderful medicine."  A footnote says that Newton used this 
substance to make mirrors.   
So if I let my mind wander 
  I see 
Luna the Ravenclaw (eagle) and Aberforth (experiments with goats) 
and Harry's broken mirror.  

OK, even I think that I have gone a bit loopy here.  HP "is" in 
everything.  Maybe I should just get a life.

Tonks_op