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Robert Robertson (chemist)

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37: 189:. 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. 219:. He was also honoured with his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1917. In 1921 he became Chief Government Chemist, a post held until his retirement in 1936. He came out of retirement during the Second World War to head the 529: 551: 401: 372: 634: 594: 216: 149: 235: 289: 599: 425:""Community of Interests" The Creation, Development and Challenges of the Science Faculty at the University College of Swansea, circa 1920 – 1970" 609: 604: 624: 614: 467: 246:"n recognition of his researches on explosives, analytical methods, the internal structure of diamond, and infra-red absorption spectra". 204: 502: 17: 639: 220: 153: 629: 589: 619: 261:
Robertson married Kathleen Stannus Stannus in 1903. They had two children: Jesanne Euphemia Stannus in 1909, and
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between 1921 and 1936. He was the first person to establish that two types of natural
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He was then appointed assistant in the laboratory of the city analyst in
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Sir Robert Robertson's archives are held by Archive Services,
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in 1911. He was brother-in-law to Hugh Stannus Stannus.
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Farmer, R. C. (1949). "Robert Robertson. 1869-1949".
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Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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Index

Robert Robinson (organic chemist)

Walter Stoneman
Cupar
London
Government Chemist
Davy Medal
KBE
FRS
HM Government
Government Chemist
diamond
Cupar
Fife
Bell Baxter High School
St Andrews University
Glasgow
Royal Gunpowder Factory
Waltham Abbey
Great War
KBE
Armaments Research Department
Swansea University
Faraday Society
British Association for the Advancement of Science
Royal Society of London
Davy Medal
University of Dundee
Robert Hugh Stannus

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