, ▁was ▁in ▁fact ▁a ▁ 2 3 - year - old ▁cook ery ▁demonstr ator . ▁G ove ▁regarded ▁his ▁birth place ▁as ▁Edinburgh ▁until ▁it ▁was ▁revealed ▁in ▁a ▁bi ography ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁a ▁mat ern ity ▁hospital ▁in ▁Fon th ill ▁Road , ▁Aber de en . ▁ ▁Log an ▁was ▁put ▁into ▁care ▁soon ▁after ▁he ▁was ▁born . ▁At ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁four ▁months ▁he ▁was ▁adopted ▁by ▁a ▁Labour - support ing ▁couple ▁in ▁Aber de en , ▁Ernest ▁and ▁Christ ine ▁G ove , ▁by ▁whom ▁he ▁was ▁brought ▁up . ▁After ▁he ▁joined ▁the ▁G ove ▁family , ▁Log an ' s ▁name ▁was ▁changed ▁to ▁Michael ▁Andrew ▁G ove . ▁His ▁adopt ive ▁father , ▁Ernest , ▁ran ▁a ▁fish ▁processing ▁business ▁and ▁his ▁adopt ive ▁mother , ▁Christ ine , ▁was ▁a ▁lab ▁assistant ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Aber de en , ▁before ▁working ▁at ▁the ▁Aber de en ▁School ▁for ▁the ▁De af . ▁ ▁In ▁Aber de en , ▁G ove ▁was ▁educated ▁at ▁two ▁state ▁schools ▁( S un ny bank ▁Primary ▁School ▁and ▁K itt y bre w ster ▁Primary ▁School ), ▁and ▁later , ▁on ▁the ▁recommendation ▁of ▁his ▁Primary ▁school ▁teacher , ▁he ▁sat ▁and ▁passed ▁the ▁entrance ▁exam ▁for ▁the ▁independent ▁Robert ▁Gordon ' s ▁College . ▁Later , ▁as ▁he ▁entered ▁the ▁sixth ▁form ▁he ▁had ▁to ▁apply ▁for ▁a ▁scholar ship ▁as ▁his ▁family ▁fell