Personal Life
Adam Osborne was born to a British father and Polish mother in Thailand, where his father, Arthur Osborne, was lecturer in English at Chulalongkorn University . His time in India was, as was typical for middle-class British families in colonial India, pampered and untroubled. Both his parents were interested in the Hindu religion and their children lived in a culturally eclectic milieu. All members of the family were fluent in the Tamil language, as Adam would remain until his death. His household had several full-time Indian servants. He attended Presentation Convent School in Kodaikanal until Class 6. In 1949, the Osborne family relocated to England, a move that caused much culture shock to eleven-year-old Adam and his two sisters.
After attending state schools in England, Adam Osborne graduated from the University of Birmingham in 1961 and later received his PhD from the University of Delaware. He was also a member of Mensa. Married and divorced twice, first to Cynthia Geddes and later to Barbara Burdick (Zelnick), Adam Osborne had two sisters and three children: Marc who lives in Miami, Paul and Alexandra who both live in Davis, California. His son Paul Osborne is an education specialist and author of the LD SAT Study Guide, a notable SAT manual for students with learning disabilities.
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