When he died he asked his friend Sir George Staunton to dispose of his books. Staunton persuaded University College, London, to appoint a professor of Chinese for a period of five years in return for the books.
不過他當年之所以得到教授席，也不算是受到學院禮聘，而是朋友為他湊足了九十五鎊的年薪而促成的。