| Authorised form of name | Boyd; Sir; Robert Lewis Fullarton (1922 - 2004) |
| Dates | 1922 - 2004 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Saltcoats, Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Date of birth | 19/10/1922 |
| Date of death | 05/02/2004 |
| Research field | Space science |
| Activity | Education:
Whitgift School (1935-1941); studied electrical engineering at Imperial College (1941-1943); PhD, University College London (1949)
Career:
Experimental Officer, Admiralty Mining Establishment, West Leigh House, Havant (1943); Mathematics Department, University College London (1945); Physics Department, University College London; Director, Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London (1965-1983); member of the Science Research Council (1977-1981); Chairman of the astronomy, space and radio board of the Science Research Council (1977-1980); member of Research Scientists' Christian Fellowship (now known as Christians in Science)
Honours:
CBE 1972; Kt 1983
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 20/03/1969 |
| Age at election | 46 |
| RSActivity | Lectures:
Bakerian 1978 |
| Relationships | One of twin brothers other brother named William Boyd; married (1949) Mary Higgins (d1996); married Betty Robinson nee Chelmsford (1998) |
| Source | Sources:
Obituaries in The Guardian (11 February 2004), Telegraph (10 February 2004) and The Times (11 February 2004) |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/55187964 |
| Code | NA4930 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/GA/SGRS/8329 | Boyd, Sir Robert Lewis Fullarton | 1984 |
| EC/1969/02 | Boyd, Robert Louis Fullarton: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/GA/GRS/5354 | Boyd, Sir Robert Lewis Fullarton | nd |
| RR/72/41 | Referee's report by Arthur Mannering Tyndall, on a paper 'The collection of positive ions by a probe in an electrical discharge' by Robert Lewis Fullarton Boyd | 1949 |