Ricky Gervais educated at University College London
Early life and education
Gervais was born on 25 June 1961 at Battle Hospital in Reading, Berkshire. He was brought up in the Reading suburb of Whitley, with a sister, Marsha, and brothers Larry and Robert. Prompted by Robert, Gervais began to question the existence of God from about age eight.Gervais attended Whitley Park Infants and Junior Schools and received his secondary education at Ashmead Comprehensive School. After a gap year which he spent working as a gardener at the University of Reading, he attended University College London (UCL) in 1980. He intended to study biology but changed to philosophy after two weeks, and was awarded an upper second-class honours degree in the subject from the University of London in 1983. During his time there, he met Jane Fallon, with whom he has been in a relationship since 1982.
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