George Orwell (1903-1950) was the pen name of Eric Blair. He was born to Richard Walmesley Blair and Ida Mabel Limonzin as their second child in Motihari, Bengal (India) in 1903 where his father worked as a civil servant. He was taken to England at the age of one along with his mother and sister. After finishing his studies at Eton he joined The Indian Imperial Police at Burma (now Myanmer) as an assistant superintendent. Eventually his mounting dislike of imperial rule led him to resign from the post in 1928 and return to England. He was a confirmed anti-imperialist