Winston Churchill's Life And Accomplishments

Winston Churchill was born to an aristocratic family on November 30, 1874. He product of an alcoholic, syphilitic father and promiscuous American mother, Winston Churchill was one of the greatest figures of the twentieth century. His father died when he was 21, and it was said that Churchill knew him more by reputation than by any close relationship they shared. He grew up in Dublin, Ireland. When he entered a formal school he had been rebellious and independent, was later sent to a boarding school.Within weeks of enrollment, he had joined the Harrow Rifle Corps where it took him three years to try to pass the exam for the British Royal Military college. Once there he graduated 20th out of the 120 students in his class.