Editing Seal (musician) (section)

==Early life and education==
Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel was born on 19&nbsp;February 1963 at [[St Mary's Hospital, London|St Mary's Hospital]] in [[Paddington]], London,<ref name="thefreelibrary.com"/><ref name="Biography">{{cite web |title=Seal |url=https://www.biography.com/people/seal-21212845 |website=Biography.com |access-date=19 February 2019}}</ref> to a Nigerian mother, Adebisi Ogundeji, and an [[Afro-Brazilians|Afro-Brazilian]] father, Francis Samuel.<ref name=guardian20100916 /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Morse |first=Steve |date=9 July 2003 |title=Seal chooses idealism, optimism on new CD |url=http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2003/09/07/seal_chooses_idealism_optimism_on_new_cd/ |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050129214350/http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2003/09/07/seal_chooses_idealism_optimism_on_new_cd/ |archive-date=January 29, 2005 |access-date=12 March 2011 |work=[[The Boston Globe]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.askmen.com/toys/interview_100/102_seal_interview.html |title=Seal... still a part of him that wants to give |website=Askmen.com |access-date=26 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080311131607/http://www.askmen.com/toys/interview_100/102_seal_interview.html}}</ref> He was raised by a foster family in [[City of Westminster|Westminster]], London. He received a two-year diploma in architecture and had various jobs in the London area.<ref name="vh1.com VH1 biography">{{cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/seal/artist.jhtml |title=Seal &#124; |publisher=VH1 |access-date=15 January 2016 |archive-date=26 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226061108/http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/seal/artist.jhtml |url-status=dead }}</ref>