sentences:  He received his Ph.D. with a thesis entitled 'On Certain Configurations of Algebraic Geometry Having Groups of Self-Transformations Representable by Symmetry Groups of Certain Polygons' under Baker's supervision in 1930.While a research student he had many famous geometers including Hodge as fellow research students, and he formed a particular friendship with Coxeter and Semple.He was elected a fellow of Trinity in 1930 for four years.