Claim: Denys Spittle studied architecture at Pembroke College, Cambridge and was later involved in the 1962 Samothrace Expedition which he had previously contributed reports on.
Evidence: Spittle was involved in the 1951 Samothrace Expedition of the Institute of Fine Arts of New York University which unearthed two ancient Greek structures - a hall for votive gifts of the sixth century B.C. and a great altar court. Spittle also contributed to the reports on the preceding excavations, published in 1964 and 1982. Spittle studied architecture at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and in 1935 became a member of the "Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum".