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Jeremy Dickson Paxman (born 11 May 1950) is an English broadcaster, journalist and author. He has worked for the BBC since 1972 and is known for his forthright and abrasive interviewing style, particularly when interrogating politicians. His regular appearances on the BBC Two's ''Newsnight'' programme were sometimes criticised as aggressive, intimidating and condescending, yet also applauded as tough and incisive. He is the question master of ''University Challenge'', succeeding Bamber Gascoigne when the programme was revived in 1994. At the end of April 2014, Paxman announced that he was to leave ''Newsnight'' in June after 25 years of presenting the programme.〔Hannah Ellis-Petersen ("Jeremy Paxman to quit Newsnight after 25 years" ), theguardian.com, 30 April 2014〕 ==Early life and education== Paxman was born in Leeds, the son of Arthur Keith Paxman, who worked in industry, and Joan McKay (née Dickson; 1920–2009).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Paxman, Jeremy 1950– (Jeremy Dickson Paxman) – Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series )〕He is the eldest of four children: one of his brothers, Giles, was the British Ambassador to Spain (having previously been ambassador to Mexico), and the other, James, is the chief executive of the Dartmoor Preservation Association. His sister, Jenny, is a producer at BBC Radio. He was brought up in the West Riding of Yorkshire and Peopleton, near Pershore in Worcestershire. In 1964, he went to Malvern College,〔 and later read English at St Catharine's College, Cambridge where he edited the undergraduate newspaper ''Varsity''.〔 While at Cambridge, Paxman was briefly a member of the Labour Club.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Britain's Great War: "I feel in awe of my parents' generation and guilty having a privileged life" says Jeremy Paxman )〕 In January 2006 Paxman was the subject of an episode of the BBC genealogy series ''Who Do You Think You Are?''.〔 The documentary concluded him to be descended from Roger Packsman, a 14th-century politician from Suffolk who had changed his name to Paxman in order to impress the electorate (''pax'' being Latin for 'peace'). His maternal grandmother was born in Glasgow, Scotland. The programme generated much publicity before its transmission by displaying Paxman with tears in his eyes on camera when informed that his impoverished great-grandmother Mary McKay's poor relief had been revoked because she had a child out of wedlock.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jeremy Paxman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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