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LARRY PAGE Page was born in 1973, eight years after his father became one of the first people to earn a PhD in computer science. His mother, Gloria, was also interested in computers. She and her husband taught computer science classes at Michigan State University. Their interests greatly influenced young Larry, who started playing with computers at the age of six and wanted to learn everything he could about them. One of the reasons Page was so ahead of his time was that the education he received was not typical. He went to the Radmoor Montessori School in Okemos, Michigan, which allowed students to

Larry Page learned about computers at the University of Michigan while his parents were computer science teachers at Michigan State University.

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