Robert Robertson (chemist)

Robert Robertson
Sir Robert Robertson
by Walter Stoneman
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Born
Robert Robertson

(1869-04-17)17 April 1869
Died28 April 1949(1949-04-28) (aged 80)
NationalityScottish
OccupationChemist
Known forGovernment Chemist
TitleSir
AwardsDavy Medal (1944)

Sir Robert Robertson KBE FRS[1] (17 April 1869 – 28 April 1949) was a British chemist who served as HM Government's Government Chemist between 1921 and 1936.[2] He was the first person to establish that two types of natural diamond existed.[3]

  1. ^ Farmer, R. C. (1949). "Robert Robertson. 1869-1949". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 6 (18): 539–561. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1949.0012. JSTOR 768939. S2CID 162300459.
  2. ^ "Retirement of Sir Robert Robertson, K.B.E., F.R.S". Nature. 137 (3453): 16. 1936. Bibcode:1936Natur.137R..16.. doi:10.1038/137016b0.
  3. ^ "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.

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