Assertion: newton | /r/HasProperty | elected member of parliament
Facets:
value: in 1689
type: TEMPORAL
value: for the university
type: LOCATION
value: for the university of cambridge
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: As a firm opponent of the attempt by King James II to make the universities into Catholic institutions, Newton was elected Member of Parliament for the University of Cambridge to the Convention Parliament of 1689, and sat again in 1701-1702.
text: In 1689, Newton was elected as a member of parliament for the university.
text: Newton’s life then took a strange turn into politics: In 1689, he was elected as the Member of Parliament for Cambridge University and he was employed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in 1695, as a warden responsible for prosecuting coin clippers and counterfeiters, and pursuing other financial fraudsters.