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CHURCHILL, Winston (1874-1965). Once called "a genius without judgement," rose through a stormy career to become an internationally respected statesman during World War II. He was one of Britain's greatest Prime ministers. When he was 12 his father sent him to Harrow. A chunky explosive redhead, Winston stayed in the lowest grades "three times longer than anyone else." In later life he said, "By being so long in the lowest form I gained an immense advantage over the clever boys. They all went on to learn Latin and Greek and splendid things like that. But I was taught English. When he was 16, he entered Sandhurst, a historic British military college. There he excelled in studies of tactics and fortifications and graduated 8th in a class of 150.
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