The University of Southampton offered Davies the chair of mathematics in 1946 and, after accepting, he spent the rest of his career there until his retirement in 1969 at the age of 65:
Ang University of Southampton inaalok Davies ang upuan ng matematika noong 1946 at, pagkatapos tanggapin, siya na ginugol ang natitirang bahagi ng kanyang karera doon hanggang sa kanyang trabaho sa 1969 sa edad na 65: