1 9 1 1 - 1 2 ▁he ▁taught ▁French ▁at ▁Prince ▁Alfred ▁College , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 3 ▁was ▁awarded ▁the ▁Rh odes ▁Sch olar ship ▁for ▁South ▁Australia . ▁ ▁Bro se ▁went ▁up ▁to ▁Christ ▁Church , ▁Oxford ▁to ▁study ▁mathematics . ▁While ▁visit ing ▁relatives ▁in ▁Hamburg ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 4 , ▁he ▁was ▁arrested ▁by ▁the ▁German ▁authorities ▁and ▁intern ed ▁as ▁a ▁civil ian ▁prisoner ▁for ▁the ▁duration ▁of ▁the ▁First ▁World ▁War . ▁During ▁his ▁capt ivity ▁Bro se ▁became ▁interested ▁in ▁the ▁Theory ▁of ▁Rel ativity ▁and ▁translated ▁some ▁German ▁texts ▁into ▁English . ▁On ▁return ▁to ▁Oxford , ▁he ▁was ▁awarded ▁B . A . ▁and ▁M . A . ▁degrees ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 9 , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 5 ▁he ▁completed ▁a ▁D . ▁Phil . ▁on ▁the ▁motion ▁of ▁electrons ▁in ▁o xygen , ▁under ▁the ▁super vision ▁of ▁John ▁Se aly ▁Edward ▁Town send . ▁He ▁then ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁hold ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁academic ▁positions ▁including ▁L ect urer ▁in ▁Physics ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Sydney ▁and ▁Professor ▁of ▁Physics ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Not ting ham . ▁From ▁ 1 9 2 0 ▁and ▁ 1 9 3 6 ▁he ▁translated ▁six teen ▁physics ▁texts ▁from ▁German ▁into ▁English . ▁Bro se ▁later ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁work ▁in ▁cancer ▁research , ▁holding ▁positions ▁as ▁a ▁phys ic ist , ▁a ▁path ologist ▁and ▁a ▁bio chem ist . ▁