In 1934, Wheare was made a university lecturer in colonial history at the University of Oxford, and joined
Christ Church, Oxford with a research lectureship. During his four years at Christ Church, he concentrated his research on the effects of the
Statute of Westminster 1931 and the first edition of his
The Statute of Westminster and Dominion Status was published in 1938. In 1939, he was elected
fellow of
University College, Oxford to fill the post of
tutor in politics that had been vacated by
John Maud. In 1944, Wheare was elected the first
Gladstone Professor of Government at
All Souls College, Oxford. The Wheare committee's findings published in 1950 led to the introduction of a compulsory certificate,
X (Explicit Content), allowing only those aged 16 and older to enter. In 1956, he became
Rector of
Exeter College, Oxford. A
gargoyle of his likeness is carved on the Bodleian Library, visible from the Exeter College Fellows' Garden. In 1948 he had contributed
Abraham Lincoln and the United States to the "Teach Yourself History" series. In June 1973, Wheare was shortlisted for appointment as
Governor-General of Australia, but was overlooked by then-prime minister
Gough Whitlam in favour of Sir
John Kerr. ==Honours==