Person
Robertson, David Stirling (1920 - 1999)
- Born
- 5 September 1920
Mount Lofty, South Australia, Australia - Died
- 7 October 1999
- Occupation
- Military scientist
Summary
David Robertson was a long-term employee at the Weapons Research Establishment.
Details
Chronology
- 1941
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Adelaide
- 1941 - 1946
- Career position - Engineer with AWA Ltd. (Amalgamated Wireless Australasia)
- 1948
- Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Birmingham, UK
- 1948 - 1950
- Career position - Science Officer at Long Range Weapons Establishment
- 1953 - 1954
- Career position - Principal Science Officer at Weapons Research Establishment
- 1954
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Adelaide
- 1954 - 1964
- Career position - Fellow then Senior Fellow of the Research School of Physics, Australian National University in Canberra
- 1964 - 1966
- Career position - Associate Physicist at Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA
- 1966 - 1980
- Career position - Principal Research Scientist, Weapons Research Establishment
- 1975
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Birmingham
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Published resources
Resources
- 'Robertson, David Stirling (1920-1999)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473475. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Robertson, David Stirling', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P000748p.htm. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 13 February 2018
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