Rutherford Ness Robertson
Sir Rutherford Ness "Bob" Robertson AC CMG FAA FRS HFRSE (29 September 1913 โ 6 March 2001) was an Australian botanist and biologist, and winner of the Clarke Medal in 1955.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Life
Robertson was born in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), the son of Rev J. Robertson.[9]
He was educated at St. Andrew's College, Christchurch and obtained a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree at the University of Sydney in 1934.[4]
In 1939, Robertson completed a Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) at St John's College, Cambridge in England. Later in 1939, Robertson became Assistant Lecturer, and later Lecturer in Botany at the University of Sydney. From 1952 to 1955 he was Senior Principal Research Officer at the CSIRO Division of Food Preservation and Transport.[4]
Family
In 1937 he married Mary Helen Bruce Rogerson.
Publications
- Science: Its Scope and Limits (1971)
Honours and awards
- 1954 Elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science[10]
- 1955 Awarded Clarke Medal by the Royal Society of New South Wales.[4]
- 1961 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society[10]
- 1962 Elected a Foreign Associate of the United States National Academy of Sciences[11]
- 1968 Created a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) [10]
- 1970 Winner of the Mueller Medal[12]
- 1971 Elected to the American Philosophical Society[13]
- 1972 Knighted by Queen Elizabeth II[10]
- 1973 Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[14]
- 1975 Awarded Macfarlane Burnet Medal and Lecture by the Australian Academy of Science[15]
- 1980 Awarded Companion of the Order of Australia (AC).[1]
- 1983 Elected an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
References
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"Companion of the Order of Australia". It's an Honour. 26 January 1980.
AC AUST DAY 1980. KTB NY72. CMG QB68. FOR SERVICE TO BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
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"The Order of St Michael and St George - Companion". It's an Honour. 8 June 1968.
Services to education & scientific research
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"Knight Bachelor". It's an Honour. 1 January 1972.
Services to science & education
- "Robertson, Rutherford Ness (1913 - 2001)". Biographical entry. Encyclopedia of Australian Science. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
- "Robertson, Sir Rutherford Ness (1913โ2001)". Obituaries Australia. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
- Marshall D. Hatch; Barry (C.B.) Osmond; Joseph T. Wiskich. "Rutherford Ness Robertson 1913-2001". Biographical memoirs. Australian Academy of Science. Originally published in Historical Records of Australian Science, vol.14, no.4, 2003.
- "Robertson, Rutherford Ness, FAA, FRS (1913-2001)". trove.nla.gov.au.
- "Sir Rutherford Robertson". 2001 Academy Yearbook. Royal Society of New Zealand.
- Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783โ2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X.
- "Fellow details". Royal Society. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- "Rutherford N. Robertson". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- "Search". 1970.
- "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- "Rutherford Ness Robertson". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- "Macfarlane Burnet Medal and Lecture". Australian Academy of Science. Retrieved 22 February 2017.