George Orwell (1903-1950) George Orwell, 1933. 1. Biography Born Eric Blair in India in 1903, he was the son of a minor colonial official .George Orwell Only Connect ... New Directions George Orwell at his typewriter George Orwell with his son Richard. Orwell was educated at Eton, in England where he began to develop an independent-minded personality, indifference to accepted values, and professed atheism and socialism .George Orwell Only Connect ... New Directions George Orwell at his typewriter George Orwell with his son Richard. 1. Biography