 He was also the Chairman of the committee that eventually produced the New English Bible (1950–1961).An unobtrusive but much respected cleric, he retired to Charmouth, Dorset, and died at home there seven years later, his funeral service being at Winchester Cathedral.He had become a Doctor of Divinity (DD) several times over — from Oxford in 1925, Durham and St Andrews in 1939, and Glasgow in 1951 — and a Doctor of Letters (DLitt) from Southampton in 1962.