International education and travel related links, photos, quotes and pieces of interest.
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People Who Studied Abroad #638:
Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands (recently abdicated and now styled “Princess Beatrix”)
From:
Netherlands
Studied:
During WWII, her family went into exile in Ottawa, Canada, where she attended Rockcliffe Park Public School.
“So you’re saying you lived with [monkeys] for your entire childhood?”
“Yes, except for one year when I studied abroad in Paris.”
People Who Studied Abroad #637:
Sean Lennon, musician
From:
United States
Studied:
He attended kindergarten in Japan and later studied at the boarding school Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland.
Here’s an interview with Sean, talking about his time in Japan and his experience with Japanese language and culture:
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Every exit is an entry somewhere else.
People Who Studied Abroad #636:
Erich Segal, author
From:
United States
Studied:
When he was in high school, he spent his summers studying at the Institut Monnivert in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Source: books.google.com
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People Who Studied Abroad #635:
Louise Brealey, journalist and actor (probably best known right now for playing Molly Hooper in BBC’s Sherlock)
From:
United Kingdom
Studied:
She studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York City.
Study Abroad: Scotland →
An online resource for undergraduate university/college students who wish to study abroad in Scotland.
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People Who Studied Abroad #634:
Deng Xiaoping, leader of the People’s Republic of China, 1978-1992
From:
China
Studied:
When he was 15, he participated in a work-study program in France called Mouvement Travail-Études. He also studied in the Soviet Union at Moscow Sun Yat-sen University.
The border means more than a customs house, a passport officer, a man with a gun. Over there everything is going to be different; life is never going to be quite the same again after your passport has been stamped.
Source: apenguinaweek.blogspot.com
People Who Studied Abroad #633:
A. Michael Spence, Nobel Prize-winning economist
From:
Born in the United States, did his secondary education in Canada
Studied:
After graduating from Princeton University with a degree in Philosophy, he went on to study Mathematics at the University of Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.
People Who Studied Abroad #632:
Natalie Clifford Barney, writer and host of a Paris literary salon
From:
United States
Studied:
She attended the boarding school Les Ruches in Fontainebleau, France.
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