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Matthew Thomas Parker (born 22 December 1980) is an Australian recreational mathematician, author, comedian, YouTube personality and communicator. Parker was the Public Engagement in Mathematics Fellow at Queen Mary University of London. He is a former maths teacher, and has helped popularise maths via his tours and videos.

Matt Parker was born in Perth, Western Australia. He was interested in maths and science before he went to school. Parker was part of his school's titration team.

Parker went to the University of Western Australia and started off studying mechanical engineering before he "realized the very real risk of being employable at the end of it." He switched into physics and later mathematics. His love of maths led him to want a job in the subject.