' s ▁bin omial ▁nom en cl ature . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁ ▁Francis ▁Will ugh by ▁was ▁born ▁at ▁Middle ton ▁Hall , ▁War wick shire ▁on ▁ 2 2 ▁November ▁ 1 6 3 5 , ▁the ▁only ▁son ▁of ▁Sir ▁Francis ▁Will ough by ▁and ▁his ▁wife ▁Cass andra ▁( née ▁R id g way ). ▁The ▁family ▁were ▁aff lu ent ▁gent ry , ▁whose ▁main ▁seat ▁was ▁W oll aton ▁Hall , ▁now ▁in ▁Not ting ham . ▁The ▁younger ▁Francis ▁studied ▁at ▁Bishop ▁V ese y ' s ▁Gram mar ▁School , ▁S utton ▁Cold field ▁and ▁Tr inity ▁College , ▁Cambridge . ▁He ▁appears ▁to ▁have ▁read ▁widely , ▁his ▁library ▁at ▁his ▁death ▁containing ▁an ▁estimated ▁ 2 , 0 0 0 ▁books , ▁including ▁literary , ▁historical ▁and ▁her ald ic ▁works ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁natural ▁science ▁volumes . ▁ ▁Will ugh by ▁comm enced ▁his ▁studies ▁at ▁Tr inity ▁aged ▁ 1 7 ▁as ▁a ▁Fellow - common er . ▁His ▁ ▁t utor ▁was ▁James ▁Du port , ▁who ▁shared ▁the ▁Will ugh b ys ' ▁royal ist ▁sympath ies ▁in ▁the ▁English ▁Civil ▁War . ▁John ▁Ray , ▁then ▁a ▁mathematics ▁fellow ▁at ▁Tr inity , ▁arranged ▁for ▁his ▁student ▁Isaac ▁Bar row ▁to ▁teach ▁Will ugh by ▁that ▁subject . ▁The ▁two ▁became ▁friends , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 6 6 5 ▁Bar row ▁dedicated ▁his ▁Eu cl id ' s ▁Element s ▁to ▁Will ugh by ▁and ▁two ▁other