Dirac had been hoping to have his research supervised by Ebenezer Cunningham, for by this time Dirac had become fascinated in the general theory of relativity and wanted to undertake research on this topic. Cunningham already had as many research students as he was prepared to take on and so Dirac was supervised by Ralph Fowler .
Dirac had been hoping na magkaroon ng kanyang mga pananaliksik supervised by Ebenezer Cunningham, para sa panahon na ito sa pamamagitan ng Dirac ay maging nabighani sa pangkalahatang teorya ng kapamanggitan at kinakailangan upang magsagawa ng pananaliksik sa paksang ito. Cunningham na nagkaroon ng mga research mga mag-aaral na siya ay handa na gawin sa mga at kaya Dirac ay supervised by Ralph Fowler.