Fellows' biographical memoirs

Each biographical memoir of deceased Fellows of the Academy is carefully researched, resulting in a unique biographical collection of celebrated lives and important achievements.
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Pehr Edman

Pehr Victor Edman 1916-1977

Pehr Victor Edman was born in Stockholm, Sweden, in April 1916 and died in Munich, FRG, in March 1977. He was born into a lawyer's family and received his schooling in Stockholm. In 1935 he began medical studies at the Karolinska Institute and graduated with his primary medical qualifications in 1938. He became interested in research and, following graduation, continued to work at the Karolinska Institute, largely in the laboratory of Professor Eric Jorpes.
Peter Hall

Peter Gavin Hall 1951–2016

Professor Peter Hall was a mathematician and statistician, one of the most influential and prolific theoretical statisticians in the history of the field.
Peter Gage

Peter William Gage 1937–2005

Peter William Gage (1937–2005) was recognised nationally and internationally as one of Australia’s leaders in membrane physiology, biophysics and neuroscience. His research on neurotransmission, muscle and the structure–function of ion channels was extraordinarily productive, with over 7,000 citations. A gifted speaker with a great enthusiasm for research and for the introduction of cutting-edge technology, Peter Gage influenced and encouraged a great many research students, postdoctoral fellows and senior colleagues in their scientific careers.
Raymond Le Fevre

Raymond James Wood Le Fèvre 1905-1986

Raymond James Wood Le Fèvre was born in North London on the first day of April, 1905. He was the eldest of three children of Raymond James Le Fèvre, the managing clerk of a firm of London solicitors, and his wife Ethel May (née Wood). Of his four grandparents, three had died before 1910. Only his father's mother, née Louise Darby, of Bath survived into his childhood.
Ray Stalker

Raymond John Stalker 1930–2014

Ray Stalker was an aerospace engineer who designed the free piston shock tunnel – known as the "Stalker tube" – and designed the first scramjet to produce more thrust than drag, pioneering Australia's hypersonic research program.
Ray Martin

Raymond Leslie Martin 1926–2020

Ray Martin was a talented and successful academic and leader, who won numerous awards and made discoveries that changed fundamental knowledge of the sub-discipline of physical inorganic chemistry.
Ren Potts

Renfrey Burnard Potts 1925–2005

Professor Ren Potts was a mathematician who made outstanding contributions to both theory and diverse applications, especially operations research. His work in statistical mechanics, and the 'Potts Model', was particularly influential.
Richard Casey

Richard Gardiner Casey 1890-1976

Richard Gardiner Casey was elected to the fellowship of the Australian Academy of Science in 1966 in recognition of his conspicuous service to the cause of science. Initially trained as an engineer, he began, upon his return from the 1914-18 War, to practise the profession of mining geologist. Early in his life he was diverted from this occupation and, after a short period as a political representative of the Australian government in London, entered Federal politics as a member of Parliament.
Richard Woolley

Richard van der Riet Woolley 1906-1986

Richard van der Riet Woolley was born on 24 April 1906 at Weymouth, Dorset, England. He was the fourth of five children of Paymaster Rear Admiral Charles Edward Allen Woolley, C.M.G., R.N. (1863-1940) and his wife Julia Marian Marguerite van der Riet. To Woolley, his parents' families appeared to be 'professional, with some contact with University circles'. To us now, however, the 'contact' adds up to rather a lot.
Robin Stokes

Robert (Robin) Harold Stokes 1918–2016

Robin Stokes was a chemist and Foundation Professor of Chemistry at the University of New England. He made outstanding contributions to the field of solution thermodynamics.