The Beginning
(Copyright: Microsoft clipart file)
On April 28th of 1664 Newton was elected a
scholar, and a year later received his bachelor’s degree. That same year the school was closed down due
to the bubonic plague and Newton was just beginning to come forth as a
mastermind in the areas of mathematics, physics, astronomy and optics. He started to revolutionize the old ideas in
these areas in only a few short years and still under the age of 25. After these 2 years away from any formal
schooling he returned and was elected a Fellow of Trinity College in 1667. In only two years he was elected the Lucasian
Professor of Cambridge.