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He was educated at the Durham Chorister School, a preparatory school, and then at St Bees School. Rodney, Rowan and their older brother Rupert were brought up in Consett and went to school with the future Prime Minister, Tony Blair , at Durham Choristers. [ 11 ]
Rowan Sebastian Atkinson was born on January 6, 1955, to Eric Atkinson and Ella May, in County Durham, England. He is the youngest of the four children born to the couple, and was raised as a staunch Anglican.
- Rowan Atkinson and Britain’s ex-Prime Minister, Tony Blair, were schoolmates at Durham Choristers School. When he joined the school, Atkinson was eleven years old and Tony Blair was two years his senior.
- Rowan Atkinson has a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from Queen’s College, Oxford. After he received his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering, Atkinson continued studying for a master’s of science in the same field at Queen’s College, Oxford in 1975.
- Atkinson suffers from a stammer, so he uses over-articulation, a technique to overcome problematic consonants, for the “B” sounds. Atkinson turns his stutter problem into a comic device because he over-articulates the sound of “B” as he did when pronouncing the name “Bob” in the episode of Bells in Blackadder II.
- Rowan Atkinson co-created and co-wrote Mr. Bean, the British sitcom for which he is so famous, while studying for his masters. While in Oxford, Atkinson was asked during his first term to do a sketch that someone might show at the Oxford Playhouse.
His father owned a farm, where Rowan grew up with his two older brothers, Rupert and Rodney. He attended Newcastle University and Oxford University where he earned degrees in electrical engineering. During that time, he met screenwriter Richard Curtis, with whom he wrote and performed comedy revues.
- Actor, Writer, Producer
- January 6, 1955
Sep 14, 2024 · Atkinson, the son of wealthy Durham farmers, attended Durham Cathedral Choristers’ School. At the University of Newcastle upon Tyne he studied electrical engineering; he progressed to the University of Oxford for a master’s degree .
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Apr 2, 2014 · He got his start performing sketches while studying at Oxford, first appearing in Oxford revues at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Soon, he was entertaining at theater clubs and on comedy shows for...
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Dec 16, 2011 · Atkinson originally received an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering (EE) at Newcastle University before enrolling in an EE master’s program at The Queen’s College Oxford in 1975.
