Early Years
Born at Kennington Park, south London, he attended Stockwell grammar school and then King's College London, followed by four years studying painting at the Royal Academy. In connection with his study he traveled to Europe and North Africa, visiting the little-known (by Europeans) interior of Tunisia
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