What is meant by the phrase " when he entered brasenose college at oxford in 1930, he studied science in deference to his father"?

What is meant by the phrase  "... when he entered Brasenose College at Oxford in 1930, he studied science in deference to his father" is that he decided to study science in order to respect his father's wishes.

This phrase has been taken from William Golding's biography and refers to the pressure he had from his father in order for him to study science. "Deference" means to yield to someone's wishes. In that way, although Golding wanted to study English literature, he started to study science in consideration of his father's wishes. Eventually, he decided to quit studying science to pursue his real passion.

ich statement best shows a problem in travels with charley?

one sharp difficulty presented itself. in the intervening twenty-five years my name had become reasonably well known.

this being so, my trip demanded that i leave my name and my identity at home.

i had to go alone and i had to be self-contained, a kind of casual turtle carrying his house on his back.

with all this in mind i wrote to the head office of a great corporation which manufactures trucks.

did you ever get an answer? i'm on the same question : (