- 1924
- Born 7 March in Leith, Edinburgh. Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi, first child of Maria and Rudolfo Paolozzi
- 1940
- Interned when Italy declared war on Britain and quickly released. Father and maternal grandfather interned and then killed when the transport boat they were on to Canada was torpedoed
- 1941
- Attends Edinburgh College of Art
- 1943
- Conscripted into the army
Met future wife Freda Elliott
- 1944
- Discharged from army as unfit for service
Attends the Ruskin Drawing School of Drawing at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
- 1945
- Transferred to the Slade School of Fine Art, which had moved to Oxford during the war, where it shared the facilities of the Ruskin Drawing School
Enrolled on Sculpture and Drawing diploma course at Slade. Taught sculpture by A.H. Gerrard. Studied modeling from Antique and life; stone carving, lettering and various technical processes involved in the production of sculpture
Made friends with William Turnbull and Nigel Henderson. Met Margaret Gardiner, Roland Penrose, John Davenport, Peter Watson and E.C. (Peter) Gregory
- 1946
- Modelled concrete sculpture for first one-man exhibition.
Made collages with images of ancient sculpture and mechanical parts taken from books
