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I was born in North London, migrated to Australia when I was four. So when I first came to Australia people saw me as a little English boy. Over the years that feeling of being a little English boy diminished and I felt much more Australian.

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Michael Marmot
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: January 26
Epidemiology
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London
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MBBS
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