Educated at St Paul's and matriculated from Trinity College in 1905.
He came to Magdalene to teach history (his main field being sixteenth-century economic history) and was elected a Fellow in 1910.
He was a Tutor from 1927 to 1945 and President of the College from 1951 to 1957.
Appointed University Lecturer in History in 1926.
Unsuccessfully contested the Cambridge constituency seat as a Liberal in the 1924 Election. Warden of Madingley Hall, 1954 - 1961.
''He was the liveliest of them all, lively in teaching, lively in friendships, and lively in constantly upholding the cause of political Liberalism', 'Reminiscences Magdalene, 1923-1927 by A.M Ramsey, College Magazine, No. 30 (1985-86)
Obituary: College Magazine, No. 12, 1967-68 pp. 2-6 (F. McD C Turner)