sentences:  He won a military scholarship to the University of Liverpool to pursue an undergraduate degree in physics, which he received in 1947.He received a first class degree with high honors, which allowed him a scholarship to continue on at Liverpool for his Ph.D. At the age of 24 he was hired by the university as an instructor in physics and received his degree one year later, in 1951.At the University of Liverpool, Crewe worked with Professor Skinner, the Lyon Jones Chair of Physics.