Mezue ahịrịokwu a:
Na ngwụcha Agha IIwa nke Abụọ, Kirk laghachiri na Cambridge iji maliteghachi ọmụmụ ihe ya na Classical Tripos. Ọ bụ onye nkuzi ya na Clare College, onye ọkọ akụkọ ihe mere eme nke Gris oge ochie N. G. L. Hammond, na onye Hellenist Harry Sandbach. N'afọ 1946, ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Bachelor of Arts nke mbụ.