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==Early life and education== Meier was born in [[Sarnia]], [[Ontario]], Canada, to parents of Dutch and Swiss descent, which conferred on him both Canadian and Swiss citizenship upon birth. When he was about three years old, his family moved to [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], where he was raised.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpX_F8VxlbY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/RpX_F8VxlbY| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live| title=Firaxicon: An Evening with Sid Meier and Jake Solomon of Firaxis Games| publisher= Sid Meier's Civilization|date=October 8, 2014 |via= YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> At the [[University of Michigan]], he studied history and [[computer science]], graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in computer science in 1975.<ref name="kotaku">{{cite web| url= http://kotaku.com/the-father-of-civilization-584568276 |title=Sid Meier: The Father of Civilization |website= Kotaku.com |date=June 26, 2013 |access-date=August 25, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://eecs.umich.edu/meier-bootcamp/details.html |title=Sid Meier's Game Design Boot Camp at the University of Michigan |website =Eecs.umich.edu |access-date=August 25, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Meaning-of-Civilization">{{cite magazine |last1=Jahromi |first1=Neima |title=Sid Meier and the Meaning of "Civilization" |url=https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/sid-meier-and-the-meaning-of-civilization |magazine=The New Yorker |access-date=October 18, 2021 |date=September 22, 2021}}</ref>
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