Background
Robertson was born in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia) and obtained a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree at the University of Sydney in 1934.
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- Protons, electrons, phosphorylation and active transport,
- Protons, Electrons, Phosphorylation and Active Transport (Cambridge Monographs in Experimental Biology)
- Protons, Electrons, Phosphorylation and Active Transport
- CAMBRIDGE MONOGRAPHS IN EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY NO. 15: PROTONS, ELECTRONS, PHOSPHORYLATION AND ACTIVE TRANSPORT.
Rutherford Ness Robertson
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Rutherford Ness Robertson, Australian chemical biologist. Decorated companion Order of St. Michael and St. George; knight bachelor; companion Order of Australia; recipient Clarke Memorial medal Royal Society New South Wales, 1954, Farrar Memorial medal, 1963, Australian and New Zealand Association Advancement of Science medal, 1968, Mueller medal, 1970, Burnet medal, 1975.
Education
Bachelor of Science, University Sydney, Australia, 1934. Doctor of Science, University Sydney, Australia, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, University Cambridge, England, 1939.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Cambridge, England, 1970. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Tasmania, Australia, 1965. Doctor of Science (honorary), Monash University, 1971.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Australian National University, 1979.
Career
Visitor School Biological Sciences, 1978-1987. Scholar Royal Exhibition of 1851, Cambridge (England) University, 1936-1939. Assistant lectr, then lecturer botany Sydney (Australia) U., 1939-1946.
Research officer, later chief research officer Division Food Preservation and Transport, Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation, 1946-1959, member executive, 1959-1962. Professor botany Adelaide (Australia) U., 1962-1969. Master University House, Australian National U., Canberra, 1969-1972, director Research School Biological Sciences, 1973-1978, pro-chancellor, 1984-1986.
Visiting professor University of California at Los Angeles, 1958-1959. Kearney lecturer University of California, Berkeley, 1959. Foundation chairman Australian Research Grants Committee, 1965-1969.
Deputy chairman Australian Science and Technology Council, 1977-1981. Active Australia-China Council, 1979-1981. Australian committee Cambridge Commonwealth Trust, 1986-1991, patron, 1993-1997.
President 13th International Botanical Congress, 1981. Honor roll faculty science Sydney U., 1997.
Achievements
Works
book
- Protons, electrons, phosphorylation and active transport,
- Protons, Electrons, Phosphorylation and Active Transport (Cambridge Monographs in Experimental Biology)
- Protons, Electrons, Phosphorylation and Active Transport
- CAMBRIDGE MONOGRAPHS IN EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY NO. 15: PROTONS, ELECTRONS, PHOSPHORYLATION AND ACTIVE TRANSPORT.
Membership
Fellow Australian Academy of Sciences (president 1970-1974), Royal Society London, St. John's College Cambridge (honorary), Royal Society Edinburgh (honorary). Member United States National Academy of Sciences (foreign associate), American Philosophical Society (foreign), American Society Plant Physiologists (correspondent), Royal Society New Zealand (honorary), American Academy Arts and Sciences (honorary foreign), Union Club.
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Married Mary Helen Bruce Rogerson, September 9, 1937. 1 child, Robert James.
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Nationality
Australian
Education
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1934
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1961
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1939
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1970
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1965
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1971
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1979
Awards
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Decorated companion Order of St. Michael and St. George. Knight bachelor; companion Order of Australia. Recipient Clarke Memorial medal Royal Society New South Wales, 1954, Farrar Memorial medal, 1963, Australian and New Zealand Association Advancement of Science medal, 1968, Mueller medal, 1970, Burnet medal, 1975.Decorated companion Order of St. Michael and St. George. Knight bachelor; companion Order of Australia. Recipient Clarke Memorial medal Royal Society New South Wales, 1954, Farrar Memorial medal, 1963, Australian and New Zealand Association Advancement of Science medal, 1968, Mueller medal, 1970, Burnet medal, 1975.