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Brian May: A life in science and music — the full story

From the July issue

You know him best as guitarist, singer, and songwriter from the rock group Queen, but Brian May is also a Ph.D. astronomer, popularizer of the cosmos, stereophotography enthusiast, and advocate for animal rights.

By David J. Eicher | Published: July 23, | Last updated on May 18,

As a teenager, Brian Harold May was shy, uncertain, insecure. “I used to think, ‘My God, I don’t know what to do, I don’t know what to wear, I don’t know who I am,’ ” he says. For a kid who didn’t know who he was or what he wanted, he had quite a future in store. Deep, abiding interests and worldwide success would come on several levels, from both science and music. As with all teenagers beset by angst, it was just a matter of sorting it all out.

Skiffle, stars, and 3-D
A postwar baby, Brian May was born July 19, In his boyhood home on Walsham Road in Feltham on London’s western side, he was an only child, the offspring of Harold, an electronics engineer and senior draftsman at the Ministry of Aviation, and Ruth. (Harold had served as a radio operator during World War II.)

The seeds for all of May’s enduring interests came early. At age 6, Brian learned a few chords on the ukulele from his

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Brian May

Sir Brian Harold MayCBE (born 19 July ) is an English musician, songwriter, producer and astrophysicist, best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Queen. He uses a guitar he built himself with the help of his father. The guitar they built is called the "Red Special".

Apart from music, May earned his PhD in astrophysics in and is currently the Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University.^[3] Together with Patrick Moore and Chris Lintott, he wrote a book called Bang! The Complete History of the Universe.^[4]

May was ranked 39th in Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the " Greatest Guitarists of All Time."^[5]

Early life

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Brian Harold May, the only child of Harold and Ruth May, was born on 19 July at Gloucester House Nursing Home in Hampton, Middlesex and attended Hampton Grammar School (now Hampton School). During this time he formed his first band with vocalist and bassist Tim Staffell named Nineteen Eighty-Four after George Orwell's novel of the same name. He graduated from Hampton Grammar School with ten GCE Ordinary Levels and four Advanced Levels in Physics, Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Additional Mathematics.

May's father Harold worked as a draughtsman at the Ministry of Aviation

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