GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1669 Isaac Newton, who was born on 25th December 1642 (OS)[1], was elected Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University at the tender age of 26 in 1669.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1668 Newton received the MA degree and in 1669, when only twenty-six years old, he became the Lucasian Professor, succeeding Isaac Barrow, and he started his work on optics.

Detailed explanation-3: -On the strength of this work, Newton was named Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge in 1669, when he was only twenty-seven.

Detailed explanation-4: -Newton entered Trinity College as an undergraduate in 1661 and became a Fellow in 1667. In 1669, he became Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University, a position he held until 1701.

Detailed explanation-5: -In June 1661, age 18, Newton began studying for a law degree at Cambridge University’s Trinity College, earning money as a personal servant to wealthier students. By the time he was a third-year student he was spending much of his time studying mathematics and natural philosophy (today we call it physics).