John K. Roberson | |
Workplaces: | Imperial College London Queen's University at Kingston |
Discipline: | Physics |
Birth Place: | Perth, Ontario, Canada |
Birth Date: | 1885 |
Death Place: | Canada |
Death Date: | June 24, 1958 (aged 72–73) |
Education: | University of Toronto |
Sub Discipline: | Medical physics Radiology physics |
Birth Name: | John Kellock Robertson |
John Kellock Robertson, FRSC (1885 – June 24, 1958) was a Canadian physicist who taught at Queen's University at Kingston. A pioneer of physics teaching to medical students, he was president of the Royal Society of Canada for 1944–1945.[1]
Born in Perth, Ontario, Robertson was educated at the University of Toronto.
Robertson joined Queen's University at Kingston as a lecturer in 1909, where he remained his whole career, with the exception of periods of research in England at the Cavendish Laboratory and Imperial College London. He was named a fellow of the American Physical Society in 1921.[2]
Robertson retired to England in 1951 and died in Canada in 1958.