 He worked with energy and enthusiasm and his department grew in size and importance.He also interested himself in the Launceston Museum, which was extended so that the excellent geological survey collection of specimens could be housed.He died at Launceston after a short illness on 7 November 1919 

He was married twice, (1) to Mary Adelaide Austen (died 11 July 1899), (2) to Sarah Elvin Genders, who survived him.