Editing Clive Barker (section)

==Early life==
Barker was born in [[Liverpool]] on 5 October 1952.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Official Clive Barker Website : The Beautiful Moment – FAQ index |url=https://www.clivebarker.info/youngfaq.html#biography |access-date=2 August 2023 |website=www.clivebarker.info}}</ref> His mother, Joan Ruby (née Revill), was a painter and school welfare officer; his father, Leonard Barker, worked as the personnel director for an industrial relations firm.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/98/Clive-Barker.html|title=Clive Barker Biography|publisher=Filmreference.com|access-date=30 October 2014}}</ref><ref>[https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800022056/bio] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604003038/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800022056/bio|date=4 June 2011}}</ref> He was educated at [[Dovedale Primary School]] and [[Calderstones School|Quarry Bank High School]] in Liverpool before joining the [[University of Liverpool]], where he studied English and philosophy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/arts-culture-news/clive-barker-returns-heres-eight-9289121|title=As Clive Barker returns here's eight other Merseyside sci fi, fantasy and horror writers who have thrilled readers worldwide|author=Jamie Bowman|date=19 May 2015|work=liverpoolecho}}</ref> At the age of three, he witnessed the infamous death of French skydiver [[Léo Valentin]], who plummeted to the ground during a performance at an air show in Liverpool.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Official Clive Barker Website – Revelations Interview 33 |url=https://www.clivebarker.info/intsrevel33.html |access-date=20 June 2022 |website=www.clivebarker.info}}</ref> He would later allude to Valentin in many of his stories.<ref>{{cite book|title=Birdmen, Batmen, and Skyflyers: Wingsuits and the Pioneers Who Flew in Them, Fell in Them, and Perfected Them|first=Michael|last=Abrams|pages=[https://archive.org/details/birdmenbatmensky00abra/page/131 131–132]|publisher=[[Harmony Books]]|location=New York City|year=2006|isbn=978-1-4000-5491-6|url=https://archive.org/details/birdmenbatmensky00abra/page/131}}</ref>