Record

Authorised form of name	Robertson; Sir; Rutherford Ness (1913 - 2001)
Dates	1913 - 2001
Nationality	Australian
Place of birth	Melbourne, Australia
Date of birth	29/09/1913
Date of death	05/03/2001
Research field	Plant physiology
Activity	Education: St Andrew's College, New Zealand; Sydney University, Australia; Cambridge, England Career: Assistant Lecturer (1939), later Lecturer, in Botany, Sydney University; Research Officer (1946), later Chief Research Officer, CSIRO; honorary secretary, Australian National Research Council; Professor of Botany, University of Adelaide; Director, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University (1973-1978); Deputy Chairman, Australian Science and Technology Council (1977-1981); Pro-Chancellor, Australian National University (1984-1986); Honours: CMG 1968; Kt 1972 Memberships: Australian Academy of Science (Fellow 1954); Hon RSNZ (1971)
Membership category	Fellow
Date of election	16/03/1961
Age at election	47
RSActivity	Lectures: Three Societies 1988
Relationships	Son of Rev J Robertson; married (1937) Mary Rogerson; one son
Source	Sources: AE References: Robin J H Clark and Michael J Kelly, 'New Zealand, New Zealanders and the Royal Society' in NR 1994 vol 48 pp 263-2 Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2003 vol 49 pp 397-414, plate, by Marshall D Hatch, Barry C B Osmond and Joseph T Wiskich
Code	NA3525

Archives associated with this Fellow

RefNo	Title	Date
EC/1961/22	Robertson, Rutherford Ness: certificate of election to the Royal Society	16 March 1961
HWT/21/3/1	Invitations, arrangements and Thompson's manuscript notes	August - December 1970

Add to My Items

Photographs of British algae: cyanotype impressions

Photographs of British algae: cyanotype impressions

Tweets by theRCN

Papers of Robert Boyle

Papers of Robert Boyle

Early Letters

Classified Papers

Classified Papers

Papers of Colin Pillinger

Papers of Colin Pillinger

Browse Collections