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Name
  
Rutherford Robertson


Awards
  
Clarke Medal

Books
  
Science: Its Scope and Limits

Sir Rutherford Ness "Bob" Robertson AC CMG FAA FRS (29 September 1913 – 6 March 2001) was an Australian botanist and biologist, and winner of the Clarke Medal in 1955.

Robertson was born in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), educated at St. Andrew's College, Christchurch and obtained a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree at the University of Sydney in 1934.

In 1939, Robertson completed a Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) at St John's College, Cambridge. Also 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.

Honours and awards

  • 1954 Elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
  • 1955 Awarded Clarke Medal by the Royal Society of New South Wales.
  • 1961 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society
  • 1968 Awarded CMG
  • 1972 Knighted
  • 1975 Awarded Macfarlane Burnet Medal and Lecture by the Australian Academy of Science
  • 1980 Awarded Companion of the Order of Australia (AC).

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