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Authorised form of nameHoneycombe; Sir; Robert William Kerr (1921 - 2007)
Dates1921 - 2007
Place of birthMelbourne, Australia
Date of birth02/05/1921
Date of death14/09/2007
ActivityHonours:
Kt 1990
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election19/03/1981
Age at election59
Royal Society activityRoyal Society roles:
Council: 1986-1992; Treasurer 1986-1992; VP 1986-1992
SourcesReferences:
N N Greenwood and J A Spink, 'An antipodean laboratory of remarkable distinction' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 85-105
Royal Society codeNA4448
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
EC/1981/22Honeycombe, Sir Robert William Kerr: certificate of election to the Royal Society1976
HWT/25/7Correspondence and papers regarding premature return to China (due to Cultural Revolution) of Chinese research workers in BritainJanuary - September 1967
IM/GA/SGRS/8444Honeycombe, Robert William Kerr1986
IM/002199Honeycombe, Sir Robert , Smith, Harry and Cahn, Robert 1991
RR/68/435Referee'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/69/31Referee'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 Honeycombe1946
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