| Authorised form of name | Honeycombe; Sir; Robert William Kerr (1921 - 2007) |
| Dates | 1921 - 2007 |
| Place of birth | Melbourne, Australia |
| Date of birth | 02/05/1921 |
| Date of death | 14/09/2007 |
| Activity | Honours:
Kt 1990
|
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 19/03/1981 |
| Age at election | 59 |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
Council: 1986-1992; Treasurer 1986-1992; VP 1986-1992 |
| Source | References:
N N Greenwood and J A Spink, 'An antipodean laboratory of remarkable distinction' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 85-105 |
| Code | NA4448 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1981/22 | Honeycombe, Sir Robert William Kerr: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 1976 |
| HWT/25/7 | Correspondence and papers regarding premature return to China (due to Cultural Revolution) of Chinese research workers in Britain | January - September 1967 |
| IM/GA/SGRS/8444 | Honeycombe, Robert William Kerr | 1986 |
| IM/002199 | Honeycombe, Sir Robert , Smith, Harry and Cahn, Robert | 1991 |
| RR/68/435 | Referee's report by Edward Neville da Costa Andrade, on a paper 'The plastic deformation of non-cubic metals by heating and cooling' by W Boas and Robert William Kerr Honeycombe | [1944] |
| RR/69/31 | Referee's report by Charles Sykes, on a paper 'The anisotropy of thermal expansion as a cause of deformation in metals and alloys' by W Boas and Robert William Kerr Honeycombe | 1946 |