Editing Jonathan Miller (section)

=== Early life ===
Miller grew up in [[St John's Wood]], London, in a well-connected Jewish family. His father [[Emanuel Miller|Emanuel]] (1892–1970), who was of [[Lithuanian Jews|Lithuanian]] descent and suffered from severe [[rheumatoid arthritis]], was a military psychiatrist and subsequently a paediatric psychiatrist at Harley House. His mother, [[Betty Miller (author)|Betty Miller]] (née Spiro) (1910–1965), was a novelist and biographer who was originally from [[County Cork]], Ireland. Miller had an elder sister, Sarah (died 2006) who worked in television for many years and retained an involvement with [[Judaism]] that Miller, as an [[atheist]], always eschewed. As a child Miller had a [[stammer]] and was [[attention-seeking]], compensating for his stammer by speaking in foreign accents. He also developed an astonishing talent for mimicry, including chickens and steamtrains. The young Miller was assessed by several [[child psychiatrist]]s, including [[Donald Winnicott]]. He had many sessions, as a teenager with the psychiatrist Leopold Stein. Miller enjoyed the sessions and said that they "simply conversed about philosophy and [[Hughlings Jackson]]'s early neurological theories".<ref name="truant"/>

Miller moved between several different schools prior to attending [[Taunton School]],<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bassett|first1=Kate|title=In Two Minds: a Biography of Jonathan Miller|date=2012|publisher=Oberon Books|page=336}}</ref> including for a time at the [[Rudolf Steiner School Kings Langley]] (a [[Waldorf school]]) where he was taught by two of [[Ivy Compton-Burnett]]'s sisters and says of that time that he "never learnt anything at all".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Garland |first1=Nick |title=Johnathan Miller |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-oldie/20200201/281586652498999 |access-date=30 April 2022 |work=The Oldie |agency=PressReader.com |date=1 Feb 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Miller |first1=Jonathan |title=Not the brightest child at school |url=https://www.webofstories.com/play/jonathan.miller/7;jsessionid=C439F0518783A019A04791D22FAA1291 |website=Web of Stories |access-date=30 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> Miller concluded his secondary school education at [[St Paul's School, London]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2045941.stm|title=BBC NEWS – Entertainment – Miller: Master of all trades|publisher=BBC|date=14 June 2002}}</ref> where he developed an early (and ultimately lifelong) interest in the biological sciences. While at St Paul's School at the age of 12, Miller met and became close friends with [[Oliver Sacks]] and Sacks's best friend Eric Korn, friendships which remained crucial throughout the rest of their lives. In 1953, before leaving secondary school, he performed comedy several times on the BBC radio programme  ''Under Twenty Parade''.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wilmut|first1=Roger|title=From Fringe to Flying Circus: Celebrating a Unique Generation of Comedy 1960–1980|date=1980|publisher=Eyre Methuen|page=2}}</ref> Miller studied [[natural science]]s and medicine at [[St John's College, Cambridge]] ([[MB BChir]], 1959), where he was a member of the [[Cambridge Apostles]] and one of cast’s three [[Granta]] cartoonist, before going on to train at [[University College Hospital]] in London.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}}

While studying medicine, Miller was involved in <!--"the"?: the university drama society and--> the [[Cambridge Footlights]], appearing in the revues ''Out of the Blue'' (1954) and ''Between the Lines'' (1955). Good reviews for these shows, and for Miller's performances in particular, led to his performing on a number of radio and television shows while continuing his studies; these included appearances on ''Saturday Night on [[BBC Light Programme|the Light]]'', ''[[Tonight (1957 TV series)|Tonight]]'' and ''[[Sunday Night at the London Palladium]]''. He qualified as a physician in 1959 and then worked as a hospital [[Foundation House Officer|house officer]] for two years, including at the [[Central Middlesex Hospital]] as [[house physician]] for [[gastroenterologist]] [[Francis Avery Jones]].