Person
Honeycombe, Robert William Kerr (1921 - 2007)
FRS
- Born
- 2 May 1921
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 14 September 2007
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England - Occupation
- Metallurgist
Summary
Robert Honeycombe studied science at the Universities of Melbourne and Cambridge. After a five year stint as a research officer with Australia's Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), he moved to London to further his career (1948). Honeycombe spent the next thirty plus years in England, working and lecturing in metallurgy.
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Chronology
- 1941
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne
- 1942
- Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne
- 1942 - 1947
- Career position - Research Officer in the Lubricants and Bearings Section at CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research)
- 1948 - 1951
- Career position - Research Fellow at the Cavendish Laboratory of the University of Cambridge, UK
- 1950
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Cambridge
- 1951 - 1955
- Career position - Senior Lecturer in Physical Metallurgy, University of Sheffield
- 1955 - 1966
- Career position - Professor of Physical Metallurgy, University of Sheffield
- 1961
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Melbourne
- 1966 - 1984
- Career position - Professor of Metallurgy, University of Cambridge
- 1973 - 1980
- Career position - President, Clare Hall, Cambridge
- 1974
- Award - Doctor of Applied Science (DAppSc), honoris causa, University of Melbourne
- 1981
- Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS)
- 1998
- Award - Robert Honeycombe Building, Clare Hall, Cambridge, named in his honour
Published resources
Book Sections
- Honeycombe, R., 'Physical Science and Technology' in The Australian Contribution to Britain: Papers of a Conference at the Royal Society, 7-8 June 1988, T.B. Millar, ed. (London: Australian Studies Centre, 1988), pp. 8-19. Details
Resources
- 'Honeycombe, R W K (1921-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1244980. Details
- 'Awarded honorary DAppSc, 1974', Honorary degree holders, University of Melbourne, 2023, https://about.unimelb.edu.au/notable-alumni-staff/honorary-degree-holders. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Honeycombe, Robert William Kerr', 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/P001695p.htm. Details
See also
- Clarebrough, L. M.; Head, A. K., 'Walter Boas 1904-1982', Historical Records of Australian Science, 6 (4) (1987), 507-517. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9870640507. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 6 November 2025
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