| 词条 | Robert Street |
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Robert Street AO FAA (16 December 1920 – 4 July 2013) was a British academic and academic administrator. Born in Wakefield, Yorkshire and educated at Hanley High School, he was offered a scholarship to New College, Oxford in 1939, but upon failing to meet the university's Latin requirement he instead took up a place at King's College London where he studied physics.[1] He later completed his PhD at University College, Nottingham. He worked as a senior lecturer at the University of Sheffield from 1954 to 1960 and as Foundation Professor of Physics at Monash University from 1960 to 1974. He later served as vice-chancellor of the University of Western Australia from 1978 to 1986.[2] He also served as president of the Australian Institute of Physics.[3] Street was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1985 "For Service to Learning",[4] was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 1973[3] and was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2001 "For service to Australian society and science in physics".[5] References1. ^http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/people/robert-street-1920-2013/2006616.article {{DEFAULTSORT:Street, Robert}}2. ^'STREET, Prof. Robert', Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2013 3. ^1 Street, Robert (1920 - 2013), www.eoas.info 4. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=881326&search_type=simple&showInd=true |title= Officer of the Order of Australia }} 5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1123261&search_type=simple&showInd=true |title= Centenary Medal }} 9 : 1920 births|2013 deaths|Alumni of King's College London|Alumni of the University of Nottingham|Academics of the University of Nottingham|Academics of the University of Sheffield|Monash University faculty|Officers of the Order of Australia|Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science |
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