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Isaac Newton was born according to the Julian calendar (in use in England at the time) on Christmas Day, 25 December 1642 (NS 4 January 1643[1]), at Woolsthorpe Manor in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, a hamlet in the county of Lincolnshire.
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In June 1661, he was admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge, on the recommendation of his uncle Rev William Ayscough. He started as a subsizar—paying his way by performing valet's duties—until he was awarded a scholarship in 1664, which guaranteed him four more years until he would get his M.A.
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In 1665, he discovered the generalised binomial theorem and began to develop a mathematical theory that later became calculus.
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obtained his B.A. degree in August 1665
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returned to Cambridge and in October was elected as a fellow of Trinity
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He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1672.