He seems to have had a knack of falling out with people, even those with similar views to his own. However, one undergraduate student who attended his lectures in Oxford was Francis Godwin, who, as a consequence, wrote the first story of space travel in English literature The Man in the Moone.
Siya tila ay nagkaroon ng isang pambihirang kakayahan ng mga lagas sa mga tao, kahit na may mga katulad na views sa kanyang sarili. Subalit, ang isang undergraduate mag-aaral na pumasok sa kanyang lektura sa Oxford ay Francis Godwin, na, bilang resulta, ang unang wrote kuwento ng space travel in English literatura Ang Man sa Moone.