[1] Distinguished in mathematics and Classics, in 1830 he was elected a Fellow of Trinity at his first sitting.
[2] His work is considered a classic of writing on the Ottoman Empire, with his detailed observations on local geography, customs, and social issues.
He published two works on economics: On Pauperism (1854), and Observations on the government bill for abolishing the Removal of the Poor (1854).
He died in 1859 at 16, Manchester Square, London and was buried at the Kensal Green cemetery.
Pashley was one of the foremost researchers of Cretan culture in the first half of the nineteenth century.