He was educated at Beckenham County School and King's College London.
He published a volume of poems, and co-edited several anthologies for the use of English teachers.
[1] In 1936, together with H A Treble, he published An ABC of English Usage, described by The Times as "an admirable if sometimes controversial little work.
The paper commented, "Both are delightful reading not merely for the soundness of the doctrine but for the combative tone of the writing.
[1] The obituarist in The Times described him as "a valiant champion for the purity of the English language".