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[โ€“] yeather@lemmy.ca 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Also, Newton was not born with the connection, he made them in Grantham. He had a very strained relationship with his mother and step father and was raised by his grandmother.

[โ€“] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I was talking about his uncle that gave him an in for University

His uncle the Reverend William Ayscough, who had studied at Cambridge, recommended him to the university.

But I just read that shit off wikipedia so, I'm no scholar. ๐Ÿคท

[โ€“] yeather@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago

Oh, yes I suppose that could be. The way I see it Newton would not have been admitted if he could not keep up.