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Roald Dahl was born in Llandaff, Wales in 1916 to Norwegian parents, Harald Dahl and Sofie Magdalene Dahl (née Hesselberg). His father, who died in 1920, was adamant that his children be educated in English schools, but because the family still lived in Wales his first school was Llandaff Cathedral School . At Llandaff he was fond of a sweets (candy) shop which would later influence, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Thereafter he was sent to several boarding schools, which was an unpleasant experience for him. His dislike for boarding schools due to the intimidation that children experienced and the bullying by co-students, is reflected in his book Matilda.
When Roald Dahl was 9, he was sent to St Peter's Preparatory schoolIn the United States a preparatory school or prep school is usually a private secondary school (or high school) designed to prepare a student for higher education. In the United Kingdom and some parts of the Commonwealth of Nations, a Preparatory School o in Weston-super-MareWeston-super-Mare is an English seaside resort town in North Somerset, population 65,000 ( 1991 estimate). It is situated on the Bristol Channel approximately 18 miles (28km) south west of Bristol. The town has spread along the coast between the bounding, and from 13 he was educated at Repton SchoolRepton School founded in 1557, is a public school in Derbyshire, England. Students have been in attendance at Repton since the 12th century, though some of the remains of the oldest buildings date back to the 6th century. Like many British public schools,, where he was a fagThe term fag derives from the word "flag" (as in: "His strength was flagging. Flag" appeared in the 16th century and was apparently a variant of the Middle English word flacken. Flacken meant "to flutter", and was influenced by the Old French word flaquir (personal servant) for a prefectThe word prefect can refer to any of a number of types of official, including: in Latin, praefectus a high-ranking military or civil official in the Roman Empire; the title now attaches to the heads of some departments of the Roman Curia, who are traditio, became captain of the school FivesFives is a British form of the American game handball in which a ball is propelled against the walls of a special court using gloved or bare hands as though they were a racquet. The name may be derived from the slang expression "a bunch of fives" (meaning team and developed an interest in photographyPhotography is the technique of recording, by chemical, mechanical or digital means, a permanent image on a layer of material sensitive to light exposure. The word comes from the Greek words φως phos ("light"), and γρα&phi. During his childhood he spent his summer holidays in his parents' native Norway. His childhood is the subject of his autobiographical work, .