Robert Robertson (chemist)

Robert Robertson
Sir Robert Robertson
by Walter Stoneman
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Born
Robert Robertson

(1869-04-17)17 April 1869
Cupar
Died28 April 1949(1949-04-28) (aged 80)
London
NationalityScottish
OccupationChemist
Known forGovernment Chemist
TitleSir
AwardsDavy Medal (1944)

Sir Robert Robertson KBE FRS (17 April 1869 – 28 April 1949) was a British chemist who served as HM Government's Government Chemist between 1921 and 1936. He was the first person to establish that two types of natural diamond existed.

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