Jon Speelman - Early Life and Education

Early Life and Education

He was educated at Worcester College, Oxford, where he studied mathematics, earning a doctorate.

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Famous quotes containing the words early, life and/or education:

    “Three early risings make an extra day.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “Oh sure, everyone goes back to the earth at some point, but life itself is a thread that is never broken, never lost. Do you know why? Because each man makes a knot in the thread during his lifetime: it is the work he has done and that’s what gives life to life in the long stretch of time: the usefulness of man on this earth.”
    —Jacques Roumain (1907–1945)

    “I doubt whether classical education ever has been or can be successfully carried out without corporal punishment.”
    —George Orwell (1903–1950)