After his national service, he attended Worcester College, Oxford, where he graduated with a second-class degree in modern history in 1953, followed by a Diploma in Social Anthropology.
[1] He was also active in administration, serving as the chair of the university's departmental board for history, and as a member of the Royal Historical Society's council.
[2] When Hyde died suddenly, his final "subtle and ambitious"[1] work on changes in literacy and written material in late-medieval Italy was left unfinished.
It included the study of newly emerging genres of literature, such as documents written by pilgrims, and diplomatic records and reports.
[1][3] Robert Oresko writes in a review for History Today: "For a project which has been the plaything of a cruel fate, the focus is admirably clear, the argument coherent and fascinatingly nuanced.