[4] From 1878 he lectured at Wren's 'Coaching' establishment (located at 7 Powis Square, Westbourne Park, London).
[5] He was Grote professor of philosophy of mind and logic[6] at the University College London (UCL) from 1903 to 1911.
[8] In the preface to the fourth edition of his book Logic: Deductive and Inductive (1920), he identifies his significant influences.
"[9] In Chapter 22 of Logic (p 352), Read says: "Even in reasoning upon some subjects, it is a mistake to aim at an unattainable precision.
", the original source of the much quoted aphorism "It is better to be roughly right than exactly wrong" that is often incorrectly attributed to John Maynard Keynes.