Original sentence: Despite the shadow that this incident cast over his later career, he continued writing (producing Catholics, Anglicans, and Puritans in 1987) and his work continued to be well received.In 1957 he was appointed Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford, a post he held until 1980; subsequently he became Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge.Lord Dacre denied any dishonest motivation, insisting that he, like others, had made a mistake.The embarrassing incident was the last straw for his colleagues at Peterhouse, who took to calling him "Lord Faker"
Edited sentence: (There's the higher journalism at work.) Despite the shadow that this incident cast over his later career, he continued writing--for instance Catholics, Anglicans, and Puritans in 1987)--and his work continued to be well received.A prose stylist of extraordinary clarity, he was, in spite of that virtue, in 1957 appointed Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford, a post he held until 1980; subsequently he became Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge.He denied any dishonest motivation, insisting that he, like others, had made a mistake.The embarrassing incident was the last straw for his colleagues at Peterhouse, who, cruelly and unfairly, took to calling him "Lord Faker"