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==Early life and education==
Mark Trevor Phillips was born in [[Islington]], London, the youngest of ten children.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=BkicbjwH3c6A93co6sQE4g&scan=1|title=Index entry|access-date=12 April 2016|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}</ref> His parents emigrated from [[British Guiana]] (now Guyana) in 1950. He spent his childhood partly in British Guiana, and partly in [[Wood Green]], [[north London]]; he attended [[Woodside High School, Wood Green|Wood Green County Grammar School]], but took his A-levels at [[Queen's College, Guyana|Queen's College]] in [[Georgetown, Guyana]]. He returned to England to study at [[Imperial College London]], where he obtained a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] degree in [[chemistry]] in 1975.<ref>[https://www.imperial.ac.uk/chemistry/alumni/ Chemistry Alumni Profiles (including Trevor Phillips)] - website of Imperial College London.</ref><ref>[https://www.imperial.ac.uk/centenary/current_campus_renewal_project_details.shtml "Housing some of the best minds"] - website of Imperial College London.</ref>