Biographical entry Roberts, John Keith (1897 - 1944)

Summary

John Keith Roberts was Assistant-Director of Research at the colloid science laboratory, University of Cambridge (1933-1939). Prior to this he had worked at the Cavendish Laboratory at the University and at the National Physical Laboratory where he worked in the heat section, making precise determinations of the thermal properties of metallic crystals.

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Events

1918

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Melbourne

1920

Education - Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Melbourne

1922 - 1924

Career position - Physicist at the National Physical Laboratory, UK

1923

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Cambridge, UK

1928 - 1933

Career position - Physicist in the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University

1933 - c. 1939

Career position - Assistant-Director of Research at the colloid science laboratory, University of Cambridge

c. 1939 - c. 1942

Career position - Scientific Officer with the Royal Navy

1941

Education - Doctor of Science (ScD) received from the University of Cambridge

1942 -

Award - Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)

1944 -

Award - Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge

Published resources

Book Sections

• Home, R. W., 'Roberts, John Keith (1897-1944), Physicist', in John Ritchie and Diane Langmore (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 16, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2002, p. 103. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A160123b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• 'Roberts, John Keith', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P001794p.htm. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Roberts, John Keith', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1041079. Details