Then the results for each subject, ENGLISH, MATHS and SCIENCE are reported, again with comparison bars - the best being 100%.

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His career in medicine (itself unexpected, since he had wandered towards maths, in the steps of his Uncle Henry, and then physics, all within the reach of his omnivorous intelligence, before ending up, at his father's stray suggestion, at Columbia University's medical school) was animated not by a goal, but by a question.

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Six hugely impressive stoppage wins followed, with the youngster - who is due to complete a maths degree at Cardiff University this summer - picking up the British and then European titles.

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From her first incarnation as head of statistics (she had read maths at the University of London) through her time as finance editor and then mastermind of the newsletter Financial Report, she showed grit, feistiness, a disarming sense of humour and an affection for bone-dry La Ina sherry.

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