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'''Robert Allan Smith''' [[CBE]] [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] [[PRSE]] (14 May 1909 - 16 May 1980) was a Scottish physicist.<ref>SMITH, Prof. Robert Allan’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U159716, accessed 15 May 2013] </ref><ref>http://www.nahste.ac.uk/cgi-bin/view_isad.pl?id=GB-0582-HWU-1-19&view=basic</ref><ref>S.D. Smith, Robert Allan Smith, Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, vol.28, 479-504, 1982.</ref> |
'''Robert Allan Smith''' [[CBE]] [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] [[PRSE]] (14 May 1909 - 16 May 1980) was a Scottish physicist.<ref>SMITH, Prof. Robert Allan’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U159716, accessed 15 May 2013] </ref><ref>http://www.nahste.ac.uk/cgi-bin/view_isad.pl?id=GB-0582-HWU-1-19&view=basic</ref><ref>S.D. Smith, Robert Allan Smith, Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, vol.28, 479-504, 1982.</ref> |
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==Life== |
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He was born in [[Kelso, Scottish Borders|Kelso]] on 14 May 1909, the son of George J T Smith, a tailor and his wife, Elisabeth Allan. He attended school in Kelso then went to [[Edinburgh University]] graduating MA in 1930. He then attended [[Cambridge University]] gaining a further BA in 1932 and a PhD in 1935. |
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In the [[Second World War]] he worked on radar research at the Air Ministry Research Establishment at [[Bawdsey]] near [[Felixstowe]], then the Telecommunications Research Establishment at [[Swanage]] from 1942, before a final placement at [[Malvern]]. |
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Revision as of 17:56, 21 March 2016
Robert Allan Smith CBE FRS PRSE (14 May 1909 - 16 May 1980) was a Scottish physicist.[1][2][3]
Life
He was born in Kelso on 14 May 1909, the son of George J T Smith, a tailor and his wife, Elisabeth Allan. He attended school in Kelso then went to Edinburgh University graduating MA in 1930. He then attended Cambridge University gaining a further BA in 1932 and a PhD in 1935.
In the Second World War he worked on radar research at the Air Ministry Research Establishment at Bawdsey near Felixstowe, then the Telecommunications Research Establishment at Swanage from 1942, before a final placement at Malvern.
He was President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
References
- ^ SMITH, Prof. Robert Allan’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 15 May 2013
- ^ http://www.nahste.ac.uk/cgi-bin/view_isad.pl?id=GB-0582-HWU-1-19&view=basic
- ^ S.D. Smith, Robert Allan Smith, Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, vol.28, 479-504, 1982.
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