He returned to England in 1947 to become professor of psychology at Liverpool University, a position he held until his retirement in 1975.
[2] Hearnshaw delivered a eulogy in memory of British psychologist Cyril Burt on 10 October 1971.
It was also based on many of Burt's private papers, which has led to it being considered to be his definitive and authoritative biography.
[6][7] The biography has been credited with convincing the British Psychological Society to officially accept that Burt had committed fraud.
[1] He was survived by his son, John Hearnshaw, a professor at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand.