He obtained BA, LLB and MA degrees from the University of Cape Town; L.Th, BD, M.Th and Th.D.

[2] Lee was born in Kendal in the UK, but emigrated as a child to South Africa, where he became a minister.

[2] Lee then moved to Australia, where he served as Professor at the Presbyterian Church of Queensland Theological Hall.

[citation needed] Stuart Piggin notes that Lee "exuberantly led the resurgence of Reformed theology among Queensland Presbyterians.

"[3] Lee was a firm advocate of the historicist method of interpretation in Christian eschatology, as well as postmillennialism.