Robert Harold (Robin) Stokes

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(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

Auckland Grammar School Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about It ...

and

Auckland University College , mottoeng = By natural ability and hard work , established = 1883; years ago , endowment = NZD $293 million (31 December 2021) , budget = NZD $1.281 billion (31 December 2021) , chancellor = Cecilia Tarrant , vice_chancellor = Dawn ...

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

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

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

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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,

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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