Robert Robertson (chemist)
Robert Robertson | |
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Government Chemist | |
Title | Sir |
Awards | Davy Medal (1944) |
Sir Robert Robertson
Life
Robert Robertson was born in Cupar, Fife, the son of J. A. Robertson, a doctor of dental surgery, and Euphemia Russell. He was educated at Bell Baxter High School. Robertson won the Balgonie Gold Medal in 1885 as Dux of Madras Academy, Cupar, one of the two schools that amalgamated to form Bell Baxter in 1889. The School Honours Boards list the winners of that medal from its institution in 1861.
After leaving school he attended
He was then appointed assistant in the laboratory of the city analyst in
In 1922 he was elected President of the
Sir Robert Robertson's archives are held by Archive Services, University of Dundee.
Family
Robertson married Kathleen Stannus Stannus in 1903. They had two children: Jesanne Euphemia Stannus in 1909, and Robert Hugh Stannus in 1911.[8] He was brother-in-law to Hugh Stannus Stannus.[4][9][10]
References
- ^ S2CID 162300459.
- doi:10.1038/137016b0.
- ^ "Ms 97 Biographical Notes on James Ballantyne Hannay accumulated by Robert H S Robertson". Archive Services Online Catalogue. University of Dundee. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Archive Service Online Catalogue MS 50 Sir Robert Robertson". University of Dundee. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- S2CID 246694806. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- ^ "Biographical Database of British chemists, Open University". open.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
- ISBN 0-87779-053-1.
- ^ http://rse.mtcserver6.com/cms/files/fellows/obits_alpha/robertson_robert.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Archive Service Online Catalogue MS 259 Robert H. S. Robertson papers". University of Dundee. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- ^ "Archive Service Online Catalogue MS 49 Hugh Stannus Stannus". University of Dundee. Retrieved 14 June 2017.