  stanley patrick johnson (born 18 august 1940) is a british politician and author, and a noted expert on environmental and population issues. he was a conservative mep for wight & hampshire east from 1979 to 1984 and is former employee of the world bank and the european commission. his eldest son, boris johnson, is the current mayor of london. ==origins and early life== johnson was born in 1940 in penzance, cornwall, the son of osman wilfred johnson and irene, daughter of stanley f. williams of bromley, kent, and marie louise (nÃ©e de pfeffel)."deaths", the times, p. 1, december 1, 1944. his paternal grandfather ali kemal bey, one of the last interior ministers of the ottoman empire government, was assassinated during the turkish war of independence. stanley's father was born osman wilfred kemal in england in 1909, his anglo-swiss mother winifred dying shortly after giving birth. after ali kemal returned to turkey in 1912, stanley's father and aunt were brought up by their english grandmother margaret brun (nÃ©e johnson) and took her maiden name, stanley's father becoming simply wilfred johnson. johnson attended sherborne school, dorset, and while still an undergraduate reading greats at exeter college, oxford, he took part in the marco polo expedition with tim severin and michael de larrabeiti, travelling on a motorcycle and sidecar from oxford to venice and on to india and afghanistan. the adventure led to the publication of severin's 1964 book tracking marco polo with photographs by de larrabeiti. ==work and interests== he has previously worked at the world bank, has a great interest in the environment and was the head of prevention of pol
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