Tom Stoppard: Life, Works, and Style
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Early Life Tom Stoppard, a prominent British writer, was born on July 3, 1937, in Czechoslovakia. His father, Eugen Straussler, was a doctor, and his mother, Martha Becková, was a homemaker. He spent his early years in Zlín but political instability and his father's early death led the family to move to India in 1941, where his mother remarried. The family started anew in India, but Tom never forgot his initial connection with his father. Education Tom Stoppard's formal education began in India at the Mount Hermon School in 1942. After three years, his mother married an Englishman, and they relocated to England in 1946. There, he attended the Dolphin School in Nottinghamshire, followed by Pocklington in East Riding, Yorkshire. Unfortunately, he struggled to adapt to the school environment and left at the age of seventeen. Despite not receiving a university education, his literary contributions have established him as one of the finest writers. Personal Life Tom Stoppard has been ma…