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Ran Laurie and Jack Wilson were British establishment through and through. University friends who first met at Cambridge, the pair rowed together in The Boat Race, the annual rowing duel between Oxford and its historic rivals Cambridge, from 1934 to 1936. Laurie competed in the 1936 Olympic Games, as stroke, but Britain missed out on a medal as the boat came home fourth. Laurie was later to ...
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Jan 23, 2024 · A Cambridgeshire-born talent, Ran Laurie began rowing at the Somerset-based public school Monkton Combe School. He continued his rowing career as a student at Cambridge, before pursuing it in the Olympics. Though he did not win any medals at the 1936 Olympic Games, Laurie was there with Clooney's ‘Boys in the Boat’.
Hugh Laurie. Actor: House. Hugh was born in Oxford, England on June 11, 1959, to Patricia (Laidlaw) and William George Ranald Mundell "Ran" Laurie, a doctor, both of Scottish descent. He was educated at Eton and Cambridge. Son of an Olympic gold medalist in the sport, he rowed for the England youth team (1977) and for Cambridge (1980). He met Emma Thompson at Cambridge in 1978 when both joined ...
