Evelyn Waugh was the son of Arthur Waugh, a publisher, and the brother of Alec Waugh, a popular novelist. Raised in Hampstead, he attended Sherborne public school and Hertford College, [[Oxford]]. While at college, he drank heavily and studied rarely. His experience at Oxford later inspired the early sections of ''Brideshead Revisited'' | Evelyn Waugh was the son of Arthur Waugh, a publisher, and the brother of Alec Waugh, a popular novelist. Raised in Hampstead, he attended Sherborne public school and Hertford College, [[Oxford]]. While at college, he drank heavily and studied rarely. His experience at Oxford later inspired the early sections of ''Brideshead Revisited'' |