Person
Street, Robert (1920 - 2013)
AO FAA
- Born
- 16 December 1920
United Kingdom - Died
- 4 July 2013
Perth, Western Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Physicist
Summary
Robert Street was Director of the Research School of Physical Sciences, Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University, 1974-1978. He was previously Professor and Chairman of the Department of Physics, Monash University, Victoria 1960-1974. Street was interested in the development and properties of magnetic materials.
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Chronology
- Award - Fellow, Institute of Physics, Multi-national Organisation based in the United Kingdom
- Award - Fellow, Australian Institute of Physics
- Career Position - Sometime President, Atomic Energy Advisory Committee
- Career Position - Sometime President, Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering
- - c. 1966
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of London, England
- - c. 1966
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of London, England
- 1941 - 1945
- Career position - Ministry of Supply, England
- 1945 - 1954
- Career position - Lecturer, University of Nottingham, England
- 1954 - 1960
- Career position - Senior Lecturer in Physics, University of Sheffield, England
- 1960 - 1974
- Career position - Foundation Lecturer in Physics, Monash University, Australia
- 1967 - 1978
- Career position - Senior Research Fellow (half time), Research Centre for Advanced Mineral and Materials Processing. Chairman, National Standards Commission, Australia
- 1971 - 1973
- Career Position - President, Australian Institute of Physics
- 1972 - 1976
- Career position - Chairman, Australian Research Grants Committee
- 1973 - 2013
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 1974 - 1978
- Career position - Director, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University
- 1978 - 1986
- Career position - Vice Chancellor, University of Western Australia
- 1986 -
- Career position - Emeritus Professor, Department of Physics, University of Western Australia
- 1992 - 2013
- Award - Honorary Fellow, Australian Institute of Physics
Related entries
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Barber, Michael N.; and Mccormick, Paul G., 'Robert Street 1920 - 2013', Historical Records of Australian Science, 27 (2) (2016), 211-24, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR15013. Details
- Bolton, H. C.; Street, R., 'The Establishing of the Department of Physics at Monash University', Australian Physicist, 23 (8) (1986), 205-208. Details
- St Pierre, Tim; Woodward, Rob; McArthur; Ian, Cashion, John; Morgan, Michael; and Street, Alison, 'Robert Street AO, FAA 1920 - 2013', Australian physics, 50 (5) (2013), 172. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q15993540. Details
- 'Street, Robert (1920-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475005. Details
Resource Sections
- Salt, David, 'Interview with Professor Robert Street', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 2005, http://science.org.au/scientists/interviews/s/street.html. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 15 June 2022
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