He was appointed lecturer in mathematics and science atRutherford College in 1882 where he remained until his retirement in 1917.[1] He was Head of the Physical and Mathematical Departments.[3] As a teacher he was credited with playing a prominent role in the higher education of youngengineers.[4] He authored four physics textbooks which were translated into Russian and invented new physics apparatus which were patented.[1][5]
Jude was an advocate of animal rights and served on the provisional committee of theHumanitarian League in 1891.[6] In 1891, Jude authored a paper for the National Cat Club on "Feline Intelligence".[7] In 1892, he authored a pamphlet for the Humanitarian League criticizing the cruelty ofrabbit coursing.[8][9] Jude wrote that the rabbits "often half-starved, and with their legs broken, are huddled together in a sack, with no more consideration than if they were so many bundles of wood" and how they were turned loose to be chased by greyhounds and other dogs to be bitten to death ordisembowelled.[10]
Jude towards the end of his life haddiabetes and was deaf and blind.[4] He died atEltham on 1 June 1924, aged 71.[4][14] He was buried at Borough Green Baptist Cemetery.[15] In spite of his ill health in his last years, an obituary in theNature journal noted that he "retained to the end a brave fortitude in his outlook, an active and a clear mentality, and his letters rarely lacked in that spark of dry humour so characteristic of him in earlier years".[4]
