 He later became Assistant Professor in 1942, Associate Professor in 1945, and Professor in 1951.While studying and teaching, Dobbie began assisting George Philip Krapp on a six volume edition entitled the "Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records", considered the standard of Anglo-Saxon poetry.The first three editions were mainly edited by Krapp ("The Junius Manuscript" in 1931, "The Vercelli Book" in 1932, and "The Paris Psalter and Meters of Boethius" also in 1932), but he soon passed away.