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==Early life== Lidell was born on 11 September 1908 in [[Wimbledon Park]], [[Surrey]], the third child and younger son of [[Sweden|Swedish]] parents. His father, John Adrian Lidell, was a [[timber]] importer<ref name="ODNBEntry" /> who came to Britain in the 1890s.<ref name="TimesObit">{{cite news |date=9 January 1981 |title=Obituary: Mr Alvar Lidell: Doyen of radio announcers |page=12 |work=[[The Times]] |issue=60821 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS204179497/TTDA?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-TTDA&xid=b8f23b63 |url-access=subscription |access-date=9 May 2023 |via=The Times Digital Archive}}</ref> His mother was Gertrud Lidell (née Lundström).<ref name="ODNBEntry" /> Lidell was christened Tord Alvar Quan.<ref name=BookObit>{{Cite book |last=Hammer |first=Langdon |url=https://archive.org/details/annualobituary0000unse_p2p9/ |title=The Annual Obituary 1981 |publisher=St. Martin's Press |year=1982 |isbn=0-312-03876-3 |editor-last=Podell |editor-first=Janet |location=New York City, United States |pages=22–23 |chapter=(Tord) Alvar (Quan) Lidell |url-access=registration |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> He attended [[King's College School]], Wimbledon,<ref name=SMH1981>{{Cite news |date=10 January 1981 |title=The voice of the BBC for 37 years |page=11 |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |agency=[[Agence France-Presse]]/[[Press Association]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sydney-morning-herald-alvar-lidell-b/124314802/ |access-date=9 May 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{open access}} |archive-date=9 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230509175951/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sydney-morning-herald-alvar-lidell-b/124314802/ |url-status=live }}</ref> playing rugby and cricket.<ref name="RadioWhosWho">{{cite book |last=Andrews |first=Cyrus |url=https://archive.org/details/radiowhoswho00andr/ |title=Radio Who's Who |publisher=Pendulum Publications Limited |year=1947 |location=London, England |page=203 |lccn=48014352 |url-access=registration |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> He enrolled at [[Exeter College, Oxford]], where he graduated with a second class degree in classical honour moderations in 1929,<ref name="ODNBEntry" /> and also read French.<ref name="RadioWhosWho" /> As a boy, he studied [[piano]], [[piccolo]], [[cello]] and singing and was a noted actor at Oxford,<ref name="ODNBEntry">{{Cite ODNB|first=Richard|last=Baker|authorlink=Richard Baker (broadcaster)|title=Lidell, (Tord) Alvar Quan|orig-date=23 September 2004|date=6 January 2011|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/31361}}</ref> performing these musical instruments in amateur orchestras.<ref name=THE1957>{{Cite news |date=21 February 1957 |title='...Alvar Lidell Reading It' |page=7 |work=[[Torquay Herald Express]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/herald-express-alvar-lidell-reading-it/124306792/ |access-date=9 May 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{open access}} |archive-date=9 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230509181036/https://www.newspapers.com/article/herald-express-alvar-lidell-reading-it/124306792/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Lidell selected his second birth name Alvar for his professional career as it was easier for British listeners to understand.<ref name="Huddersfield1957">{{cite news |date=28 February 1957 |title=Here is the News—And Alvar Lidell Reading It |page=7 |work=[[Huddersfield Daily Examiner]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/huddersfield-daily-examiner-radio-notes/124304581/ |access-date=9 May 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{open access}} |archive-date=9 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230509144742/https://www.newspapers.com/article/huddersfield-daily-examiner-radio-notes/124304581/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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