Childhood/Family Life:

• Born – February 20th 1902 in San Francisco, California
• Grew up in a house set near the sand dunes of the Golden Gate
• A massive earthquake and fire of 1906 managed to throw him on the floor so hard it broke his nose badly, creating a mark for life
• After that, his family’s fortune collapsed in 1907 leaving his family in a panic
• His mother treated him poorly due to trying to get the father to regain all the fortunes however, Charles Adams, father, encouraged and supported Ansel

School Life:

• He struggled fitting in to school because of his broken nose as a consequence of that Ansel had moved to various amount of school
• His father and aunt ended up tutoring him leading him to get a ‘legitimizing diploma’ which is the equivalent to have finished ‘grade 8’