After Kew
After leaving Kew, he was offered a position as Royal Society Research Professor at Aberystwyth University, which he accepted, becoming thoroughly engrossed in research; from his departure from Kew onwards he published 106 papers. In 1982 he was awarded the Darwin Medal of the Royal Society jointly with his wife, and the same year was made a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 1985 he retired as Research Professor due to the age requirement, but both he and Yolande were made Honourary Visiting Workers. In 1996 he was awarded the Linnean Medal and the Royal Medal. He died on 8 May 1998.
The standard author abbreviation Hesl.-Harr.f. is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.Read more about this topic: Jack Heslop-Harrison