His father soon realised that the University of Cape Town was not going to encourage his son's mathematical talents to blossom and Littlewood's parents made the decision to send their son back to England.
Su padre pronto se dio cuenta de que la Universidad de Ciudad del Cabo no iba a alentar a talento matemático de su hijo a florecer y los padres Littlewood tomó la decisión de enviar a su hijo de regreso a Inglaterra.