Editing Clive Ponting (section)

==Early life==
Ponting was born in [[Bristol]], the only child of Charles Ponting, who is thought to have worked in sales, and his wife, Winifred (née Wadham).<ref name="times"/><ref name=guardobit/> He was educated at [[Bristol Grammar School]]<ref name=RNTp14/> and the [[University of Reading]].<ref name=guardobit/> He joined the civil service in 1970.<ref name = ODNB>{{cite ODNB|title = Ponting, Clive Sheridan (1946–2020), civil servant and historian|last = Norton-Taylor|first = Richard|authorlink = Richard Norton-Taylor|doi = 10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.90000381689|year = 2024}}</ref>