A private tutor was engaged to teach him at home and he took the Cambridge Scholarship Examinations in 1875 and, coming second in the examinations, he won a scholarship to King's College.
Ang isang pribadong tagapagturo ay na-pansin na magturo siya sa bahay at siya kinuha sa Cambridge Scholarship eksaminasyon sa 1875, at darating na ikalawang sa pagsusuri, siya won ang isang scholarship sa King's College.