He was educated at St. Paul's School, then at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he began to write poetry in Latin, Italian, and English, and prepared to enter the clergy.

他先后就读于圣保罗中学和剑桥大学基督学院，在大学里，他开始用拉丁文、意大利文和英文创作诗歌，并为成为牧师做准备。