Robert Street AO FAA (16 December 1920 – 4 July 2013) was a British academic and academic administrator. Born in

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and educated at

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, he was offered a scholarship to

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in 1939, but upon failing to meet the university's

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requirement he instead took up a place at

King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public university, public research university in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of George IV of the United Kingdom, King George IV ...

where he studied physics. He later completed his PhD at

University College, Nottingham The University of Nottingham is a public research university in Nottingham, England. It was founded as University College Nottingham in 1881, and was granted a royal charter in 1948. Nottingham's main campus (University Park Campus, Nottingh ...

. He worked as a senior lecturer at the

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from 1954 to 1960 and as Foundation Professor of Physics at

Monash University Monash University () is a public university, public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia. Named after World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the ...

from 1960 to 1974. He later served as vice-chancellor of the

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from 1978 to 1986.'STREET, Prof. Robert', Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2013 He also served as president of the

Australian Institute of Physics The Australian Institute of Physics was established in 1963, when it replaced the Australian Branch of the British Institute of Physics based in London.

.Street, Robert (1920 - 2013)
www.eoas.info Street was appointed an

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in 1985 "For Service to Learning", was elected a

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in 1973 and was awarded the

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in 2001 "For service to Australian society and science in physics".

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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 Academic staff of Monash University Officers of the Order of Australia Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science Fellows of the Institute of Physics Fellows of the Australian Institute of Physics Presidents of the Australian Institute of Physics {{UK-academic-bio-stub