An haifi Parfit a 1942 a Chengdu, China, ɗan Jessie (née Browne) da Norman Parfit, likitocin likitanci waɗanda suka koma Yammacin China don koyar da maganin rigakafi a asibitocin mishan. Iyali sun koma Burtaniya kusan shekara guda bayan haihuwar Parfit, suna zaune a Oxford. An horar da Parfit a Kwalejin Eton. Tun yana ƙarami, ya yi ƙoƙari ya zama mawaki, amma ya daina yin waka a ƙarshen shekarunsa. Daga baya ya yi karatun Tarihi na zamani a Jami'ar Oxford, ya kammala karatu a 1964. A 1965<unk>66 ya kasance Harkness Fellow a Jami'ar Columbia da Jami'ar Harvard. Ya yi watsi da karatun tarihi don falsafa a lokacin haɗin gwiwa, ya koma Oxford don koyarwa ya zama ɗan ƙungiyar All Souls College. Tambaya: Menene iyayen Parfit suka yi a China?
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