Editing Andrew Sullivan (section)

==Early life and education==
Sullivan was born in [[Godstone#South Godstone|South Godstone]], Surrey, England, into a  Catholic family of Irish descent,<ref name="ancestry, politics">{{cite magazine
|last=Raban
|first=Jonathan
|title=Cracks in the House of Rove: The Conservative Soul by Andrew Sullivan
|magazine=[[New York Review of Books]]
|date=12 April 2007
|url=http://www.nybooks.com/articles/20050
|access-date=28 July 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080708230944/http://www.nybooks.com/articles/20050| archive-date= 8 July 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref> and was brought up in the nearby town of [[East Grinstead]], West Sussex. He was educated at a Catholic primary school and at [[Reigate Grammar School]],<ref name=toomey /><ref name="education history">{{cite web
 |title=Notable Past Pupils 
 |publisher=The Old Reigatian Association, Foundation and Alumni Office, Reigate Grammar School 
 |url=http://www.reigategrammar.org/ora2/npp.htm 
 |access-date=28 July 2008 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080624162447/http://www.reigategrammar.org/ora2/npp.htm 
 |archive-date=24 June 2008 
 |url-status=dead 
}}</ref> where his classmates included [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] [[Keir Starmer]] and [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] member of the [[House of Lords]] [[Andrew Cooper, Baron Cooper of Windrush|Andrew Cooper]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2020/03/keir-starmer-sensible-radical |title=Keir Starmer: The sensible radical |last=Maguire |first=Patrick |date=31 March 2020 |website=[[New Statesman]] |access-date=3 July 2020 |archive-date=5 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200405171214/https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2020/03/keir-starmer-sensible-radical |url-status=live }}</ref> He won a scholarship in 1981 to [[Magdalen College, Oxford]], where he was awarded a [[first-class degree|first-class]] [[Bachelor of arts with honours|Bachelor of Arts]] in modern history and modern languages.<ref name="journalist profile">{{cite web
|title=Andrew's Bio
|work=[[The Atlantic]]
|url=http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/bio.html
|access-date=28 July 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080727212747/http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/bio.html| archive-date= 27 July 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref> He founded the [[Poohsticks|Pooh Stick]] Society at Oxford and in his second year was elected [[president of the Oxford Union]] for [[Trinity term]] 1983.<ref name=toomey>{{cite magazine |first=Christine |last=Toomey |title=Englishman Aboard |magazine=The Sunday Times Magazine |date=1992 |pages=44&ndash;46}}</ref>

After writing briefly for a newspaper, Sullivan won a scholarship in 1984 to [[Harvard University]],<ref name=toomey /> where he earned a [[Master in Public Administration]] in 1986 from the [[John F. Kennedy School of Government]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Van Auken|first=Dillon|title=Andrew Sullivan Lectures at IOP|url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2011/11/18/andrew-sullivan-iop-lecture/|access-date=25 January 2012|newspaper=The Harvard Crimson|date=18 November 2011|archive-date=8 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130808125130/http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2011/11/18/andrew-sullivan-iop-lecture/|url-status=live}}</ref> and a Ph.D. in [[Political science|government]] in 1990. His dissertation was titled ''Intimations Pursued: The Voice of Practice in the Conversation of Michael Oakeshott''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Brooks|first=David|title=Arguing With Oakeshott|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/27/opinion/arguing-with-oakeshott.html|access-date=25 January 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=27 December 2003|archive-date=16 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516031349/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/27/opinion/arguing-with-oakeshott.html|url-status=live}}</ref>