| An Orwell Chronology |
| Eric Arthur Blair born at Motihari, Bengal, India, June 25th, son of Richard Walmesley Blair and Ida Mabel Blair (née Limouzin) |
| Brought to England by his mother.
Family settles in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire |
| Educated at Sunnylands, an Anglican school, Eastbourne, Sussex |
| Boarder at St. Cyprian&#;s preparatory school, Eastbourne, Sussex |
| Richard Blair, retired from India Civil Service, returns to England.
Family moved to Shiplake near Henley |
| First work published: Awake Young Men of England (poem) |
| Blair family moves back to Henley |
| Spends Lent term at Wellington College |
| King&#;s Scholar, Eton College |
| Parents move to Southwold, Suffolk (December) |
| Blair attends cramming establishment in Southwold (January-June), to prepare for India Office examinations |
| Assistant Superintendent of Police, Indian Imperial Police, Burma |
| Lives in Paris, writing and later working
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