Trueman attended high school in Truro, Nova Scotia and graduated from Mount Allison University in 1927. He finished his Master of Arts degree in English Literature at Exeter College, Oxford University in 1932.
Trueman studied at high school in Truro, Nova Scotia and graduated from Mount Allison University in 1927. He then earned a Master of Arts degree in English Literature at Exeter College, Oxford University in 1932.