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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-11-06 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001695b.htm person Honeycombe Robert William Kerr FRS AACR2 2 May 1921 14 September 2007 Place of Birth Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England Metallurgist 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. 1941 1941 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne 1942 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 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 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 1974 Award - Doctor of Applied Science (DAppSc), honoris causa, University of Melbourne 1981 1981 Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS) 1998 1998 Award - Robert Honeycombe Building, Clare Hall, Cambridge, named in his honour Honeycombe, R W K (1921-)

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 'Honeycombe, Robert William Kerr', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Honeycombe, Robert William Kerr Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Honorary degree holders University of Melbourne Honorary degree holders University of Melbourne 2023 Resource Section: Honeycombe, Robert William Kerr Honeycombe, Robert William Kerr Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Physics in Australia to 1945 R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham Book Section: Physical Science and Technology Honeycombe, R. Physical Science and Technology London Australian Studies Centre 1988 The Australian Contribution to Britain: Papers of a Conference at the Royal Society, 7-8 June 1988 T.B. Millar 8-19 Journal Article: Walter Boas 1904-1982 Clarebrough, L. M.; Head, A. K. Walter Boas 1904-1982 1987 Historical Records of Australian Science 6 4 507-517