 He believed that Kenyans (and indeed all Africans in British colonies) should be given access to primary, secondary and tertiary education.In the 1920s he was prominent in the leadership of a group of missionaries and others who succeeded in convincing the British government to open up education not only for Kenyans, but for Africans in all the colonies.Thus, in many ways, Arthur is one of the fathers of education in the whole continent of Africa.