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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2018-03-13 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-10-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006004b.htm person Robertson Alexander Provan AACR2 16 June 1925 31 January 1995 Place of Birth Glasgow, Scotland Place of Death Perth, Western Australia, Australia Mathematician Alex Robertson was foundation Professor of Mathematics at Murdoch University, Western Australia, from 1973 to 1990, and had an important role in the formation of the University. Prior to his appointment he was at the university of Glasgow and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Keele, United Kingdom. Robertson's research centred on topological vector spaces. He published several key papers and, with his wife Wendy Robertson, also a mathematician, the influential Topological vector spaces (1964, 2nd ed, 1973). 1946 1946 Education - Master of Arts (MA), Glasgow University 1969 1969 Career position - Visiting Professor, University of Western Australia 1969 1972 Career position - Professor of Mathematics, University of Keele, United Kingdom 1973 1973 Life event - Migrated to Western Australia with his family 1973 1990 Career position - Foundation Professor of Mathematics, Murdoch University 1973 1995 Career position - Fellow, Institute of Mathematics and its Applications 1973 1995 Award - Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh 1990 1990 Life event - Retired 1990 1995 Career position - Emeritus Professor, Murdoch University Robertson, Wendy (1927 - 2016) Murdoch University (1973 - )

Foundation Professor of Mathematics 1973 - 1990

 Robertson, Alexander Provan (19250616-19950131)

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 'Robertson, Alexander Provan (Alex)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Robertson, Alexander Provan (Alex) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Alexander Provan Robertson BA (Camb), MA (Glasgow), PhD (Camb), FIMA, FRSE 16 June 1925 - 31 January 1995 Bloom, Walter R.; and Boyce, Peter Alexander Provan Robertson BA (Camb), MA (Glasgow), PhD (Camb), FIMA, FRSE 16 June 1925 - 31 January 1995 1995 Australian Mathematical Society gazette 22 4