 He also served as Bedell of Convocation at the University of London.In his works, he often boasts his own academical dress designs as the most 'beautiful and dignified in the world'.His 1970 monograph on academic dress, the result of many years' research, is somewhat difficult to find (primarily due to its limited print run, and the author's insistence that any unwanted copies be returned to him rather than sold on) but contains a large amount of valuable information and remains a standard text on the subject.