He retired from his Chair in 1953 after a career that included directing a staff in Oxford producing over fifty volumes devoted to the geography of countries engaged in military operations under the Director of Naval Intelligence during the Second World War.
He retired from his Chair in 1953 after a career that included directing the Oxford team of a group of academics involved in producing the British "Naval Intelligence Division Geographical Handbook Series" between 1941 and 1946. These were devoted to the geography of countries engaged in military operations during the Second World War.