Early Life
Keith was born on 4 September 1931 in Clothall, Britain, near Baldock in Hertfordshire. During World War II, he moved with his mother and four siblings to Toronto, Ontario. In 1943, he returned to Britain to study classics at Marlborough College. After service during the Korean War as a lieutenant in an infantry regiment, he completed his formal education, receiving an M.A. degree in classics from Worcester College of the University of Oxford.
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