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Early life

Gaiman's family is of Polish Jewish origins; his great-grandfather emigrated from Antwerp before 1914Gaiman, Neil. "journeys end", Neil Gaiman's Journal, 16 January 2009 and his grandfather eventually settled in the Hampshire city of Portsmouth and established a chain of grocery stores.His father, David Bernard Gaiman, David Gaiman quote: "It's not me you should be interviewing. It's my son. Neil Gaiman. He's in the New York Times Bestsellers list. Fantasy. He's flavour of the month, very famous.""Head Bars Son Of Cult Man.", The Times, London, 13 August 1968, p.2 col. c. (convenience link), Alternate.A headmaster has refused the son of a scientologist entry to a preparatory school until, he says, the cult "clears its name". The boy, Neil Gaiman, aged 7, (...) Mr. David Gaiman, the father, aged 35, former South Coast businessman, has become in recent weeks a prominent spokesman in Britain for scientology, which has its headquarters at East Grinstead.worked in the same chain of stores; his mother, Sheila Gaiman (née Goldman), was a pharmacist. He has two younger sisters. After living for a period in the nearby town of Portchester, England, where Neil was born in 1960, the family settled in 1965 in the West Sussex town of East Grinstead. Gaiman lived there for many years, from 1965–1980 and again from 1984–1987." East Grinstead Hall of Fame — Neil Gaiman", East Grinstead Community Web Site. Gaiman was educated at several Church of England schools, including Fonthill School (East Grinstead), Ardingly College (1970–74), and Whitgift School (Croydon) (1974–77)." Neil Gaiman". Exclusive Books. Read full entry

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