Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I muri i te mutunga o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao
Ka hoki a Kirk ki Cambridge ki te tīmata anō 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.