Editing Christopher Zeeman (section)

==Early life==
Zeeman was born in Japan to a Danish father, Christian Zeeman, and a British mother. They moved to England one year after his birth. After being educated at [[Christ's Hospital]] in [[Horsham]], West Sussex, he served as a [[Flying Officer]] with the [[Royal Air Force]] from 1943 to 1947.<ref name="oxford-times"/> He studied mathematics at [[Christ's College, Cambridge]], but had forgotten much of his school mathematics while serving in the Air Force. He received an [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge)|MA]] and PhD (the latter under the supervision of [[Shaun Wylie]]) from the University of Cambridge, and became a Fellow of [[Gonville and Caius College]] where he tutored [[David Fowler (mathematician)|David Fowler]] and [[John Horton Conway]].<ref>The Guardian, [https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/may/03/guardianobituaries.research Obituary: David Fowler], 3 May 2004</ref>