In 1632 Horrocks matriculated at Emmanuel College at the University of Cambridge as a sizar. In 1780 he entered Magdalene College, Cambridge as a sizar and graduated in 1784. He entered Magdalene College, Cambridge as a sizar and became Senior wrangler in 1757. Oliver Goldsmith was a sizar&colon; Isaac Newton was a subsizar. As a student in Cambridge, D'Arcy Thompson was first a sizar, then received a scholarship. He entered Trinity Hall, Cambridge, in the position of a sizar, November 1544. He attended St Bees School before entering Trinity College, Cambridge as a sizar in 1749. He became a sizar at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1546. A Sizar was a poor student, the son of poor parents, often of clergy.