1. Born at Woolsthorpe Manor

    · Woolsthorpe Manor, Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, Lincolnshire, England

    Born at Woolsthorpe Manor
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    Newton was born at his family’s Lincolnshire manor, which remained an important home during his childhood and plague-year retreats from Cambridge. Date is Gregorian/New Style; the contemporary English record was 25 December 1642 Old Style.

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