• Skullgrid@lemmy.world
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    2 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
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      1 day 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.