Background
Of Czech descent, he was the only Czech-speaking Member of the UK Parliament. He was educated at Chatham House Grammar School and at King's College London where he earned a BSc in Mathematics in 1962, and a PhD in Mathematics in 1965. He became a lecturer in applied mathematics at the Aberystwyth University
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