1974 graduated from Merton College, Oxford University.
1977 received his doctorate from Clare College, Cambridge University. Later, he was a junior researcher at Clare College and an assistant professor at Harvard University.
198 1, a researcher at Princeton Institute for Advanced Studies.
Professor, Princeton University,
1988─ 1990 researcher of the royal society of Oxford university.
1989 was elected as a member of the Royal Society of London.
1994 Eugen of Princeton University? Professor Eugene Higgins.
20 1 1 teaches at Merton College, Oxford University, his alma mater.