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Du Picq was born 25 November 1965 in Königsberg to a family of French bankers. | Du Picq was born 25 November 1965 in Königsberg to a family of French bankers. Du Picq's family emigrated to Königsberg from a small village to the east, where he and his family would visit in the summer as a child. Since the age of 12, he worked in the small bank that his parents ran where Du Picq ran into many important political figures of the city. | ||
[[File:Boathovenmilitaryportrait.jpg|left|thumb|185x185px|Imperial College Cracov portrait of Admiral Du Picq.]] | |||
He entered the University of Königsberg in 1983 to pursue a degree in economics, gaining his BA in 1986. Unhappy with the direction of his career as dictated by his family, Du Picq completed his MA in art history in the following year and subsequently relocated to the port city of Gdansk to pursue primary research for his thesis in the subject. By the time he had settled in Gdansk, Du Picq's financial hardships as a young man abroad forced him to look for work whilst he completes his studies. In 1988, Du Picq was employed as a part-time journalist and critic on art and opera for the ''Gdansk Gazette''. A staunch critic of the government's suppression on free art, he became a divisive figure within his field. He lost his job after four months, which Du Picq claims was a political decision. | He entered the University of Königsberg in 1983 to pursue a degree in economics, gaining his BA in 1986. Unhappy with the direction of his career as dictated by his family, Du Picq completed his MA in art history in the following year and subsequently relocated to the port city of Gdansk to pursue primary research for his thesis in the subject. By the time he had settled in Gdansk, Du Picq's financial hardships as a young man abroad forced him to look for work whilst he completes his studies. In 1988, Du Picq was employed as a part-time journalist and critic on art and opera for the ''Gdansk Gazette''. A staunch critic of the government's suppression on free art, he became a divisive figure within his field. He lost his job after four months, which Du Picq claims was a political decision. | ||