Claim: Edmund Garratt Gardner, the English scholar and writer specializing in Italian history in literature, was born in Kensington in 1869, and attended Beaumont College in Old Windsor before pursuing a science degree at University College London.
Evidence: Edmund Garratt Gardner FBA (12 May 1869 – 27 July 1935) was an English scholar and writer, specializing in Italian history and literature. Gardner was born in Kensington in 1869, the fifth of six children of John Gardner, a member of the stock exchange, and his wife Amy Vernon Garratt. He attended Beaumont College in Old Windsor before starting a science degree at University College London.