Guide to the Laws of the Universe".

Early life and education

Born in Colchester, Essex, Roger Penrose is a son of Margaret (née Leathes), a physician, and Lionel Penrose, a psychiatrist and geneticist. His paternal grandparents were J. Doyle Penrose, an Irish-born painter, and the Hon. Elizabeth Josephine Peckover, daughter of Alexander Peckover, 1st Baron Peckover;