Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei:
I te mutunga o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, ka hoki a Kirk ki Cambridge ki te whakahou i ana akoranga ki te Classical Tripos. I tino whakaaweahia ia e tana kaiwhakaako i te Whare Wananga o Clare, te kaituhi hitori o Kariki onamata N. G. L. Hammond, me te Hellenist Harry Sandbach. I te tau 1946, i puta ia me te tohu Paetahi Toi tuatahi.