Denys Spittle studied architecture at Pembroke College, Cambridge and was later involved in the 1962 Samothrace Expedition which he had previously contributed reports on.
Spittle was involved in the 1951 Samothrace Expedition of the Institute of Fine Arts of New York University which unearthed two ancient Greek structures - a hall for votive gifts of the sixth century B.C. and a great altar court. Spittle also contributed to the reports on the preceding excavations, published in 1964 and 1982. Spittle studied architecture at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and in 1935 became a member of the "Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum". 
