Rowan Atkinson has a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering.

Rowan Atkinson has a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering

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Rowan Atkinson, better known as Mr. Bean, was listed in the top 50 funniest people ever by a group of comedians. Atkinson shot to fame in Britain in the late 1970s. Throughout the ‘80s he starred in one of Britain’s most successful comedies, Black Adder. Mr. Bean brought him worldwide fame and acclaim.

Atkinson was born in the north of England in 1955. He went to very good schools and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. He proceeded to pursue a Master’s degree of the same at none other than Oxford University. It is while here that he fell in love with acting and comedy and joined an amateur theatre company. He took his comedy sketches to the Edinburgh Festival in 1976 and performed on the street.

He didn’t ditch school, however. After university, Atkinson got a lucky break and made a one-off comedy show for a British TV company. He quickly went on to appear in the hit comedy show ‘Not the Nine O’Clock News’. This made him one of Britain’s most popular comedians. From 1993, he starred in the incredibly successful Black Adder series, which he also co-wrote. Mr. Bean came into being on New Year’s Day of 1990, and the rest as they say…