He attended the Royal College of Chemistry and Royal School of Mines at South Kensington, specialising in metallurgy, and worked as a chemist and as a metallurgist at the Broughton Copper Company from 1870 to 1872.
Uczęszczał do Royal College of Chemistry i Royal School of Mines w South Kensington, specjalizując się w metalurgii, i pracował jako chemik i metalurg w Broughton Copper Company od 1870 do 1872.