hiː wʌz ˈɛdʒuːkˌeɪɾᵻd æt ɹˈʌɡbi skˈuːl ænd tɹˈɪnᵻɾi kˈɑːlɪdʒ, kˈeɪmbɹɪdʒ wˌɛɹ hiː ɡɹˈædjuːˌeɪɾᵻd bˌiːˈeɪ wɪð ɐ fˈɜːstklˈæs ɪn nˈætʃɚɹəl sˈaɪənsᵻz ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd wˈʌn.
He was educated at Rugby School and Trinity College, Cambridge where he graduated BA with a first-class in natural sciences in 1901.