A strong athlete, he ran several times for the school in the 440 yards' sprint (the equivalent of today's 400 metres).
After his schooling, he did his National Service (1949–51; Royal Army), and was then briefly articled to a firm of solicitors but was becoming increasingly sure that his vocation was to religious life.
[citation needed] After considering becoming a Dominican friar, he decided to pursue his religious vocation back at Ampleforth, where he entered the novitiate in 1952, taking the monastic name Fabian.
In 1989, he was appointed Master of St Benet's Hall, in succession to Dom Philip Holdsworth, who was retiring.
[1] He was buried at Ampleforth Abbey and a memorial service was held at St James’ Church, Spanish Place on 24 November 1990.