Robert David Pope

Background

Pope, Robert David was born on December 9, 1939 in Bendigo, Australia. Son of Ivor Herbert and Mary Matilda (Bussey) Pope.

Education

Educated, National Service Balcombe School Survey, Victoria, 1958. Part diploma of geology, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, 1959.

Career

Director Pope Art Gallery, Alice Springs, Australia, 1966-1968. Artist in residence University Adelaide, South Australia, 1978, University Sydney, Australia, 1986. Director Science Art Centre, South Australia, 1979-1992, New South Wales, 1992-1995.

Managing director, founder Science-Art Research Centre of Australia, Inc., Australia, 1995—2002. Director science-art division Institute for Basic Research, since 2002. Lecturer in field; professor science and art Institute Basic Research, 2002.

Visiting professor Yangzhou University, 2001.

Achievements

• Robert David Pope has been listed as a notable artist, philosopher, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member New York Academy of Sciences, Scientific and Medical Network.

Interests

• Avocations: building in stone, chess, model railway, landscape gardening.

Connections

Married Rita Marie Mullër, August 20, 1966 (divorced January 1989). 1 child, Natessa Marie.

Father:

Ivor Herbert Pope

Mother:

Mary Matilda (Bussey) Pope

Spouse:

Rita Marie Mullër

child:

Natessa Marie Pope