The family image, the family tradition, was that my parents were poor immigrants into East London, and that they thought that education was vitally i… - Michael Marmot

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The family image, the family tradition, was that my parents were poor immigrants into East London, and that they thought that education was vitally important. But they both left school at fourteen, and so I grew up with the idea that, but for the opportunity, my parents would have been educated. That they were giving me this opportunity, and by golly, I better take advantage of it.

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About Michael Marmot

Sir Michael Gideon Marmot (born 26 January 1945) is Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London.

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Alternative Names: Sir Michael Marmot • Sir Michael Gideon Marmot • MG Marmot • Michael Nalls • Sir Michael Marmot, MBBS, PhD, MPH
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