His undergraduate degree at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, was interrupted by war service at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, and at the Telecommunications Research Establishment where he worked with Martin Ryle.
Неговите постдипломски студии во колеџот "Gonville and Caius" (Кембриџ), биле попречени од воените служби во истражувачкото воспоставување "Royal Aircraft Establishment" и "Telecommunications Research Establishment" каде работел со Мартин Рајл.