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[-] yeather@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 days ago

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.

[-] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

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. 🤷

[-] yeather@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days 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.

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