Claim: Edwin Southern was born in Chorley Lancashire and educated at Gawthorpe High School,  then he continued as a graduate student in the Department of Mathematics, the University of Oxford where he was awarded his master's degree in 1965.
Evidence: Southern was born in Burnley, Lancashire and educated at Burnley Grammar School. He continued as a graduate student (then Demonstrator, 1963) in the Department of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, where he was awarded his PhD in 1962.