A popular head of department, he will be remembered as one of the most powerful of British differential geometers, but he was also outstanding as a table-tennis player, and some proficiency at the game was sometimes said to be a necessary qualification for employment as a lecturer in Liverpool.
Ang isang popular na pinuno ng departamento, siya ay remembered bilang isa sa mga pinaka-malakas ng British kaugalian geometers, ngunit siya din ang natitirang bilang isang table-tennis player, at ilang mga kasanayan sa laro ay paminsan-minsan ay sinabi na maging isang kinakailangang kakayahan para sa trabaho bilang isang lektor sa Liverpool.