In 1933, he earned an English-French-Hungarian teacher degree from the Eötvös Loránd University.
In 1936, he also earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in English language at the Eötvös Loránd University.
Between 1944 and 1945, he also took part in the opposition of the Occupation of Hungary by Nazi Germany.
Between 1949 and 1952, he was an instructor at the Department of English of the Faculty of Humanities of Eötvös Loránd University.
Between 1949 and 1956, he was an associate professor and a director of the Department of English Language and Literature of the Eötvös Loránd University.