[3] For the majority of his working life he was attached the Australian National University.
[2] His research was in the field of time series analysis, both in statistics and econometrics.
The Statistical Society of Australia awarded him the Pitman Medal in recognition of his life's work.
He also won the 1979 Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal of the Australian Academy of Science.
[11] A full account of his life and work is contained in the Biographical Memoirs of the Australian Academy of Science.