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George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair who was born on June 25th, 1903 to British parents in Motihari, British India. His father was Richard Walmesley Blair who worked for the Opium Department of the Civil Service and his mother was Ida Mabel Blair who was born in Limouzin. He was brought to England by his mother at the age of one and did not see his father again until 1907, when Richard visited England for three months before leaving again. Eric had an older sister named Marjorie, and a younger sister named Avril.
At the age of six, Blair was enrolled into a small Anglican Parish School, but two years later he was recommended by his teachers to the headmaster of St Cyprian's School, one of the most successful preparatory schools in England at the time. Blair was attending St Cyprian's School on a scholarship that allowed his parents to pay only half of the usual fees. In his time at St. Cyprian's School, Blair successfully earned scholarships to both Wellington and......

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