Julian Perry Robinson (11 November 1941 – 22 April 2020) [1] was a British chemist and peace researcher. [2] [3]
Academic career
Born in Jerusalem, Perry Robinson was educated at Canford School, and went to Merton College, Oxford in 1960 to study Chemistry; he took a second class degree in 1964. [4] [5] After university he spent four years studying national and international patent law with a London-based firm of Chartered Patent Agents. [6] [7]
He held research appointments at the Free University of Berlin, Harvard University and the University of Sussex. [2]
He was a consultant to the World Health Organization, United Nations, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the United Nations Environment Programme. [2]
He was a member of staff at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute from 1968 to 1971. [2] While there he was a principal contributor to the six volume study The Problem of Chemical and Biological Warfare. [2]
He was also a co-convenor of the Pugwash Study Group on Implementation of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Conventions, co-directed the Harvard Sussex Program on Chemical and Biological Weapons, which published the CBW Conventions Bulletin. [2]
Personal life and death
He died on 22 April 2020 as a result of complications related to COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in England. [2] [3] His widow is the academic Mary Kaldor.
See also
References
- ^ "Julian Perry Robinson, top chemical and biological arms control expert, dies of coronavirus". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g Hart, John (24 April 2020). "In Memoriam—Professor Julian Perry Robinson (1941–2020)". Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Former SIPRI Researcher Julian Perry Robinson—in memoriam". Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900-1964. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 525.
- ^ "Professor Julian Perry Robinson obituary". The Times. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ Guthrie, Richard (8 May 2020). "Julian Perry Robinson obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ McLeish, Caitriona (28 May 2020). "Julian Perry Robinson (1941–2020)" (PDF). Nature. 581 (7809): 378. Bibcode: 2020Natur.581..378M. doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-01450-1. S2CID 218772190.
External links
- J P Perry Robinson Archived 1 May 2020 at the Wayback Machine at Harvard Sussex Program
- Joint Centre for History and Economics
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Julian Perry Robinson (11 November 1941 – 22 April 2020) [1] was a British chemist and peace researcher. [2] [3]
Academic career
Born in Jerusalem, Perry Robinson was educated at Canford School, and went to Merton College, Oxford in 1960 to study Chemistry; he took a second class degree in 1964. [4] [5] After university he spent four years studying national and international patent law with a London-based firm of Chartered Patent Agents. [6] [7]
He held research appointments at the Free University of Berlin, Harvard University and the University of Sussex. [2]
He was a consultant to the World Health Organization, United Nations, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the United Nations Environment Programme. [2]
He was a member of staff at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute from 1968 to 1971. [2] While there he was a principal contributor to the six volume study The Problem of Chemical and Biological Warfare. [2]
He was also a co-convenor of the Pugwash Study Group on Implementation of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Conventions, co-directed the Harvard Sussex Program on Chemical and Biological Weapons, which published the CBW Conventions Bulletin. [2]
Personal life and death
He died on 22 April 2020 as a result of complications related to COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in England. [2] [3] His widow is the academic Mary Kaldor.
See also
References
- ^ "Julian Perry Robinson, top chemical and biological arms control expert, dies of coronavirus". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g Hart, John (24 April 2020). "In Memoriam—Professor Julian Perry Robinson (1941–2020)". Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Former SIPRI Researcher Julian Perry Robinson—in memoriam". Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900-1964. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 525.
- ^ "Professor Julian Perry Robinson obituary". The Times. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ Guthrie, Richard (8 May 2020). "Julian Perry Robinson obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ McLeish, Caitriona (28 May 2020). "Julian Perry Robinson (1941–2020)" (PDF). Nature. 581 (7809): 378. Bibcode: 2020Natur.581..378M. doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-01450-1. S2CID 218772190.
External links
- J P Perry Robinson Archived 1 May 2020 at the Wayback Machine at Harvard Sussex Program
- Joint Centre for History and Economics
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|---|---|
| National | |
| Other | |