ˈæftɚ wˈɔːɹtaɪm wˈɜːk ɔnðə bɹˈɪɾɪʃ ænd kɐnˈeɪdiən ɐtˈɑːmɪk ˈɛnɚdʒi pɹˈɑːdʒɛkts, hiː ɹᵻtˈɜːnd tə kˈeɪmbɹɪdʒ ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi sˈɪks, wˌɛɹ hiː wʌz ɐwˈɔːɹdᵻd ɐ pˌiːˈeɪtʃ dˈiː ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi sˈɛvən ænd hˈɛld pˈoʊsts kˈʌlmᵻnˌeɪɾɪŋ æz ɹˈiːdɚɹ ɪn nˈuːklɪɹ fˈɪzɪks fɹʌm nˈaɪntiːn mˈɪliən fˈaɪvhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd nˈaɪnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti sˈɛvən.
After wartime work on the British and Canadian Atomic Energy projects, he returned to Cambridge in 1946, where he was awarded a PhD in 1947 and held posts culminating as Reader in Nuclear Physics from 19561957.