Education
Hertford College.
student warden of Trinity College
Hertford College.
Behan was selected as the first Rhodes Scholar for Victoria in 1904, becoming the first recipient of a Rhodes Scholarship designated for an Australian student. He studied for both his Bachelor of Arts in jurisprudence and Bachelor of Civil Law degrees at Hertford College at the University of Oxford, was admitted to the Middle Temple of the Inns of Court and was a Fellow of University College at the University of Oxford, lecturing in law and became dean of the college in 1914. Behan was Warden of Trinity College from May 1918 until his retirement in 1946.
He had studied at the college on a scholarship during his undergraduate education and was the first alumnus of the college to become its head
He was awarded a Doctor of Laws degree from the university in 1924.