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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2018-03-13 human Helen Cohn updated 2022-03-17 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006005b.htm person Robertson Wendy AACR2 1927 2016 Place of Birth Wembley Park, United Kingdom Place of Death Perth, Western Australia, Australia Mathematician Wendy Robertson was a mathematician who was highly respected as a teacher and mentor. When her husband Alex Robertson became Professor of Mathematics at Murdoch University, she was appointed Senior Lecturer at the University of Western Australia. Her research was mainly on topological vector spaces. With her husband she published a number of papers and the book Topological vector spaces (1964, 2nd ed 1973) which continues to be cited and was translated into German and Russian. 1949 1949 Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Cambridge 1949 1951 Award - M. T. Meyer Research Studentship 1954 1955 Award - M. T. Meyer Research Fellowship 1955 1955 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Cambridge 1973 1973 Life event - Migrated to Western Australia with her family 1973 1989 Career position - Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, University of Western Australia 1989 1989 Life event - Retired Robertson, Alexander Provan (Alex) (1925 - 1995) Robertson, Wendy (1927-20161231)

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 'Robertson, Wendy', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Robertson, Wendy Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Wendy Robertson 1927 - 2016 Praeger, Cheryl E.; and Saxon, Stephen A. Wendy Robertson 1927 - 2016 2017 Gazette of the Australian Mathematical Society 44 1 29-32