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Authorised form of nameRobertson; John Monteath (1900 - 1989)
Dates1900 - 1989
Date of birth24/07/1900
Date of death27/12/1989
ActivityHonours:
CBE 1962
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election22/03/1945
Age at election44
RSActivityMedals and prizes:
Davy Medal 1960
SourceObituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1994 vol 39 pp 349-362, plate, by S Arnott
References:
H Lipson, 'The Introduction of Fourier Methods Into Crystal-Structure Determination' in NR 1990 vol 44 pp 257-264
D Blow and S Wallwork, 'Prehistory of the British Crystallographic Association' in NR 2004 vol 58 pp 177-186
CodeNA1639
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1945/16Robertson, John Monteath: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/GA/WS/1878Robertson, John Monteath1946
RR/54/108Referee's report by Charles Glover Barkla, on a paper 'The structure of benzoquinone. A quantitative X-ray investigation' by John Monteath RobertsonFebruary 1935
RR/69/7Referee's report by John Monteath Robertson, on a paper 'The crystal structure of meta-dinitrobenzene' by E M Archer1946
RR/56/90Referee's report by Alfred Edwin Howard Tutton, on a paper 'X-ray analysis of the structure of dibenzyl II—Fourier analysis' by John Monteath Robertson[February 1935]
RR/57/1Referee's report by Alfred Edwin Howard Tutton, on a paper 'X-ray analysis of the dibenzyl series III—The structure of stilbene, tolane, and azobenzene' by John Monteath Robertson, Mata Prasad and Ida Woodward[October 1935]
RR/69/182Referee's report by John Monteath Robertson, on a paper 'The structure of polyisoprenes. VI An investigation of the molecular structure of dibenzyl by X-ray analysis' by G A Jeffrey1945
RR/60/66Referee's report by William Lawrence Bragg, on a paper 'The structure of resorcinol a quantitative X-ray investigation' by John Monteath RobertsonMay 1936
RR/66/141Referee's report by John Desmond Bernal, on a paper 'X -ray crystal analysis of trans-azobenzene' by J J De Lange, John Monteath Robertson and Ida Woodward[March 1939]
RR/69/274Referee's report by John Monteath Robertson, on a paper 'The crystal structure of some molecular complexes of 4:4'-dinitrodiphenyl - I. The complex with 4-hydroxydiphenyl' by D H Saunder1946
RR/69/178Referee's report by John Monteath Robertson, on a paper 'Some apparent periodic errors in the crystal lattice of the molecular complexes of 4:4'-dinitrodiphenyl with 4-iodo- and 4-bromodiphenyl' by Reginald William James and D H Saunder1946
RR/69/275Referee's report by John Monteath Robertson, on a paper 'The crystal structure of some molecular complexes of 4:4'-dinitrodiphenyl II. The complexes with benzidine, NN:N'N'-tetramethylbenzidine, 4:4'-dihydroxydiphenyl, 4-iododiphenyl and 4-bromodiphenyl' by D H Saunder1946
RR/70/39Referee's report by John Monteath Robertson, on a paper 'An X-ray study of horse methaemoglobin. I' by Joy Boyes-Watson, Edna Davidson and Max Ferdinand Perutz1947
RR/69/271Referee's report by Kathleen Yardley Lonsdale, on a paper 'The accuracy of bond-length estimations obtained by double Fourier series methods from X-ray data' by John Monteath Robertson and John Graham White1946
RR/68/447Referee's report by John Monteath Robertson, on a paper 'The crystal structure of cholesteryl iodide' by C H Carlisle and Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin[1944]
RR/68/485Referee's report by John Monteath Robertson, on a paper 'The structure of polyisoprenes. I. The crystal structure of geranylamine hydrochloride' by G A Jeffrey30 June 1944
RR/69/270Referee's report by Douglas Rayner Hartree, on a paper 'The accuracy of bond-length estimations obtained by double Fourier series methods from X-ray data' by John Monteath Robertson and John Graham White1946
RR/69/272Letter from Kathleen Yardley Lonsdale, on a paper 'The accuracy of bond-length estimations obtained by double Fourier series methods from X-ray data' by John Monteath Robertson and John Graham White to David Christie Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society3 January 1946
RR/63/75Referee's report by Alfred Edwin Howard Tutton, on a paper 'X-ray analysis of the dibenzyl series IV—detailed structure of stilbene' by John Monteath Robertson and I WoodwardJuly 1937
AP/83/4Supporting data, regarding 'The crystal structure of cupric tropolone: a refinement' by W M Macintyre, John Monteath Robertson and R F Zahrobsky[1965]
RR/54/107Referee's report by Alfred Edwin Howard Tutton, on a paper 'X-ray analysis of the crystal structure of dibenzyl - I—Experimental and structure by trial' by John Monteath RobertsonMay 1934
RR/67/276Referee's report by William Thomas Astbury, on a paper 'Structure and molecular anisotropy of sorbic acid, CH3 . CH : CH . CH : CH . COOH' by Kathleen Yardley Lonsdale, John Monteath Robertson and Ida Woodward1940
RR/71/166Referee's report by John Monteath Robertson, on a paper 'A comparative X-ray study of foetal and adult sheep haemoglobins' by John Cowdery Kendrew and Max Ferdinand Perutz10 March 1948
RR/73/89Referee's report by John Monteath Robertson, on a paper 'Polypeptide chain configurations in crystalline proteins' by William Lawrence Bragg, John Cowdery Kendrew and Max Ferdinand Perutz1950
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