While an undergraduate he published two dissertations, On the Tree of Life in Paradise, with some Observations on the Fall of Man, and On the Oblations of Cain and Abel, which obtained him a B.A. before the statutory time.
Mentres estudaba publicou dúas disertacións: On the Tree of Life in Paradise, with some Observations on the Fall of Man, e On the Oblations of Cain and Abel que lle outorgaron o acceso á licenciatura antes do prazo legal.