He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College , Cambridge , where he studied counterpoint with Thomas Attwood Walmisley .
Pierson was the son of a clergyman , Hugh Nicholas Pearson .
Pierson was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College , Cambridge , where Pierson studied counterpoint with Thomas Attwood Walmisley .
Pierson was the son of a clergyman , Hugh Nicholas Pearson .