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Eric Monkman
Canadian academic and television personality
Eric Monkman (born c. 1987)[1] is a Canadian academic and television personality based in the United Kingdom.
Monkman comes from Oakville, Ontario, Canada. His father, a doctor, died when Eric was thirteen. Monkman obtained his first degree from the University of Waterloo[2] and then studied for a master's degree in economics at Wolfson College, Cambridge, when he captained the college's University Challenge team. The team lost in the 2017 final to a team from Balliol College, Oxford.[3]
His girlfriend, Jiang Na teaches law at Beijing Normal University. [1] Viewers described him as the most intense contestant ever: a reviewer called him an "unexpected hero".[1]