Education
Craven attended Bolton School Boys' Division, where he was a keen swimmer, cricketer and tennis player. In 1966, at the age of 16, he fell during a rock-climbing expedition at Wilton Quarries, Bolton; the accident left him without the use of his legs. Craven obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Geography at University of Manchester in 1972. He speaks fluent English and French, as well as basic German.
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