![]() ![]() It was in Balliol College, Oxford where he began his long lunches and late-night discussions as he poured his thoughts into his fields of interest: philosophy, politics, and economics. He started attending school at the age of 8 in Mount House School in Tavistock, Devonshire and then went to Leys School, Cambridge. In his 1997 interview with The Progressive, Hitchen defined his 7-year old self as a boy who was precocious enough to watch the news and read the papers. Despite foreseeing a financial strain, his mother Yvonne enforced that he go to boarding school so he could get closer to his school peers, who belonged in the upper class. Christopher’s parents met during their time as officers in the British Royal Navy.īecause of work, their family of three always found themselves moving constantly. Throughout his life, Christopher Hitchens would be known, admired and respected for his powerful wit and his fearless polemicist views against his contenders, arguably making him an incomparable critic.Įric and Yvonne Hitchens named him Christopher Eric Hitchens when he was born on the 13th of April in Portsmouth, England. It was in the year 1949 that the greatest contrarian was born. 25 Timeless Quotes from Christopher Hitchens. ![]()
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