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Line 22: ==Early life== According to most sources, Michael David Rock was born in 1948 in [[Hammersmith]], London, the son of David and Joan Rock,<ref>[http://flattmag.com/art/1395-2/ 'Mick Rock'], ''FLATT magazine'' (Accessed 10 April 2019).</ref> although in a 2017 interview he stated that his birth name was Michael Edward Chester Smith, and his birth was the result of his mother's relationship with an American airman.<ref name=thetalks>[https://the-talks.com/interview/mick-rock/ "Mick Rock: I Blame the Name", ''The Talks'', 2017]. Retrieved 19 November 2021</ref> In a 2017 interview, Rock stated that his birth name was Michael Edward Chester Smith, and his birth was the result of Joan's<ref name="nytimes-mick-rock-dead">{{cite news \|last1=Genzlinger \|first1=Neil \|title=Mick Rock, Sought-After Rock Photographer, Dies at 72 \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/20/arts/music/mick-rock-dead.html \|access-date=20 November 2021 \|work=[[The New York Times]] \|date=20 November 2021}}</ref> (née Gibbs, his mother), relationship with an American airman.<ref name=thetalks>[https://the-talks.com/interview/mick-rock/ "Mick Rock: I Blame the Name", ''The Talks'', 2017]. Retrieved 19 November 2021</ref> In a 2019 interview, Rock stated that his birth name was Michael David Rock, and was born in 1948 in [[Hammersmith]], London, the son of David and Joan Rock.<ref>[http://flattmag.com/art/1395-2/ 'Mick Rock'], ''FLATT magazine'' (Accessed 10 April 2019).</ref><ref name="flattmag-1395-2">{{cite web \|last1=DiCiurcio \|first1=Todd \|title=Mick Rock \|url=http://flattmag.com/art/1395-2/ \|website=FLATT Magazine \|access-date=20 November 2021 \|quote=Flatt Magazine's fourth issue}}</ref><ref name="hollywoodreporter-1235050379">{{cite news \|last1=Rahman \|first1=Abid \|title=Mick Rock, Legendary Music Photographer, Dies at 72 \|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/mick-rock-dead-at-72-1235050379/ \|access-date=20 November 2021 \|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] \|date=19 November 2021}}</ref> He was educated at [[Emanuel School]] in London, and [[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge\|Gonville and Caius College]], [[ University of Cambridge]], graduating with a degree in Medieval and Modern Languages.<ref name="cai.cam.ac.uk-19482021">{{cite web \|title=The Man Who Shot the Seventies: Mick Rock (1948-2021) \|url=https://www.cai.cam.ac.uk/news/man-who-shot-seventies-mick-rock-19482021 \|website=[[Gonville & Caius]] \|access-date=20 November 2021 \|language=en \|date=20 November 2021}}</ref><ref name="bbc-news-59344065">{{cite news \|title=Mick Rock: David Bowie, Iggy Pop and Queen photographer dies at 72 \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-59344065 \|access-date=20 November 2021 \|work=[[BBC News]] \|date=19 November 2021}}</ref><ref>'Cambridge University Tripos Lists', ''Times'', 26 June 1967.</ref> While at Cambridge, he developed an interest in 19th century Romantic poetry{{mdash}}principally the works of [[Arthur Rimbaud\|Rimbaud]], [[Charles Baudelaire\|Baudelaire]], [[Percy Bysshe Shelley\|Shelley]], and [[George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron\|Byron]]{{mdash}}and his first appearance in the press came after he was arrested for [[marijuana]] possession.<ref name="theguardian-2021/nov/19/mick-rock-dies"/><ref>[https://www.andrewpurcell.net/?p=2175 'Mick Rock: from "Receiver" to Transformer'], ''andrewpurcell.net'', 6 July 2015 (Accessed 10 April 2019).</ref><ref name="once_a_caian._issue_3">[https://www.cai.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/downloads/once_a_caian._issue_3.pdf ''Once a Caian...''], Issue 3, Spring 2006, pp. 16-7. (Accessed 10 April 2019)</ref>

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