Robert Harold (Robin) Stokes FAA (1918–2016) was an Australian chemist and Foundation Professor of Chemistry at the

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, from 1955 to 1979. His research interests included solution thermodynamics and electrolytes.Stokes, Robert Harold (1918 - 2016)
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Trove Stokes was born on 24 December 1918 at Southsea in England, and the family moved to New Zealand in the 1920s. Stokes was educated at

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and

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, where his studies were interrupted by the war, (BSc 1938, MSc (hons) 1940, DSc 1949) and

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(PhD 1950). In 1942 he married Jean Wilson and in 1946 he accepted a position at the

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. He is a relation of the Anglo-Irish Stokes family including

Sir George Stokes Sir George Gabriel Stokes, 1st Baronet, (; 13 August 1819 – 1 February 1903) was an Irish mathematician and physicist. Born in County Sligo, Ireland, Stokes spent his entire career at the University of Cambridge, where he served as the Lucasi ...

and John Stokes.

Honours, awards and prizes

*1957 Fellow of the

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(F.A.A.) *Fellow of the

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(F.R.S.C.) *Fellow of the

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(F.R.A.C.I.) *1940, Sir George Fowlds Medal, Auckland University College *1946, Rennie Medal, Australian Chemical Institute *1946, Meldola Medal, Institute of Chemistry *1953, H.G. Smith Medal, Australian Chemical Institute *1977, Queen's Jubilee Medal *1980, R.H. Stokes Medal, Electrochemistry Division, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (Inaugural award) *1981, R.A. Robinson Memorial Medal, Faraday Division, Royal Society of Chemistry (Inaugural award) *2001,

Centenary Medal The Centenary Medal is an award which was created by the Australian Government in 2001. It was established to commemorate the centenary of the Federation of Australia and to recognise "people who made a contribution to Australian society or g ...

Centenary Medal
1 January 2001, It's an Honour

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stokes, Robin 1918 births 2016 deaths Australian chemists Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science Academic staff of the University of New England (Australia) University of Auckland alumni Alumni of the University of Cambridge Academic staff of the University of Western Australia People from Southsea