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A Sense of the Future
JACOB BRONOWSKI was born in Poland, on 18 Jan 1908, the eldest son of Abram Bronowski, owner of a haberdashery firm trading between Poland and London.

The family fled to Germany when Russia occupied Poland in the first world war, and they moved to England in 1920 where Bronowski, at first speaking no English, was educated at the Central Foundation School, London.

He won a scholarship to Jesus College, Cambridge where he was a senior wrangler. [Ref. 1]

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The Ascent of Jacob Bronowski
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References:

1. Dictionary of National Biography 1971-1980 (Oxford: Oxford University Press), p. 93.