1. Returns to nurse his mother

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

    Returns to nurse his mother
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    Newton returned from Cambridge to Woolsthorpe to care for his dying mother and remained for much of the year while settling family affairs. The source supports only spring and year-level precision for Newton's arrival.

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