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Life Isaac Newton was born on Christmas Day in 1642 on a small farm in Woolsthorpe, England. His father, a farmer, passed away a few months before his birth. Newton's mother remarried in 1645 and left young Isaac with his grandmother. After attending many local schools, Newton was sent to a grammar school at age twelve. He displayed an interest in mechanical contrivances. He made kites, water-clocks, sun-dials, and windmills. After the death of her second husband in 1656, Newton's mother returned home and removed her eldest son, Isaac, from school so that her might be prepared to manage the farm. It was soon obvious that Newton's interests were not in farming, and with the advice of his uncle he was sent to Trinity College in Cambridge. Isaac became more of a professor than a student as gave lectures of mathemat