•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.