•1922-26 – 1st Class Honours Degree in French
& German from Aberystwyth University, Wales.
•1926 – Won Exhibition Scholarship to Trinity College, Cambridge.
•1927, 1928 & 1929 - College Prizeman –
Plus Senior Scholar in 1928.
•1929 – 1st Class Honours in German and
Russian, with distinction in Oral Examinations.