BRIAN MAY

Brian Harold May was born on July 19th 1947 in Twickenham, to parents Harold and Ruth May. He started school in 1952 at the Hanworth Road Primary School, Feltham. In 1954 his father began to teach him to play the ukulele and he had piano lessons. He won a scholarship and started at Hampton Grammar School, which is where his interest in Astronomy began.
He formed his first band in 1964, called '1984'. They played several small gigs that year.
He left school in 1966 with ten 'O' levels and four 'A' levels in Science. He began at Imperial College in 1967 studying physics, he fully intended to become a Astrologer. When he eventually left he had achieved a BSc Honours in Physics and Maths. He began work on a thesis obtain a Doctorate, but never completed it.
In 1968 he decided with Tim Staffell that they wanted to form a group, with a drummer called Roger Taylor they started the band Smile.

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