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'''Robert Press''', [[Companion of the Order of the Bath|CB]], [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire|CBE]], [[Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts|FRSA]] (22 February 1915 - 30 August 1984) was a British scientist and career civil servant, involved for almost thirty years in technical aspects of nuclear negotiations.<ref>[[Solomon Zuckerman]], "Dr Robert Press", ''The Times'', 14 September 1984, page 20</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Educated at [[Queen's University Belfast|Queen's University, Belfast]], he was a research physicist at [[Trinity College Dublin|Trinity College, Dublin]], from 1938 to 1940 (completing a [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] there on spectroscopic analysis of biological material).<ref name=":0" /><ref>Enda Leaney, [https://www.dib.ie/biography/press-robert-a7483 "Press, Robert"], ''[[Dictionary of Irish Biography]]'', October 2009. {{doi|10.3318/dib.007483.v1}}</ref> After a brief spell teaching, he became a physicist in the government's employment during the Second World War. He was then adviser to the War Council and then, from 1948, the [[Ministry of Supply]]. He was an adviser at the [[Embassy of the United Kingdom, Washington, D.C.|British embassy in Washington, DC]], from 1951 to 1955 and later worked for the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]]. Appointed a chief scientific officer in the [[Cabinet Office]] in 1967, he was promoted to Deputy Secretary in 1971;<ref name=":0" /> after the resignation of Sir [[Alan Cottrell]] as [[Government Chief Scientific Adviser (United Kingdom)|Chief Scientific Adviser]] in 1974, he assumed responsibility for advising the government on scientific and technological questions, retiring in 1976.<ref name=":0" /><ref>"Cabinet Science Adviser Chosen", ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', 3 April 1974, p. 1. {{Gale|IO0703831506}}</ref> He chaired the [[Council of Science and Technology Institutes]] from 1978 to 1980.<ref name=":0">"Dr Robert Press", ''[[The Times]]'', 3 September 1984, p. 12 {{Gale|CS203656995}}.</ref> |
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Robert Press, CB, CBE, FRSA (22 February 1915 - 30 August 1984) was a British scientist and career civil servant, involved for almost thirty years in technical aspects of nuclear negotiations.[1]
Educated at Queen's University, Belfast, he was a research physicist at Trinity College, Dublin, from 1938 to 1940 (completing a PhD there on spectroscopic analysis of biological material).[2][3] After a brief spell teaching, he became a physicist in the government's employment during the Second World War. He was then adviser to the War Council and then, from 1948, the Ministry of Supply. He was an adviser at the British embassy in Washington, DC, from 1951 to 1955 and later worked for the Ministry of Defence. Appointed a chief scientific officer in the Cabinet Office in 1967, he was promoted to Deputy Secretary in 1971;[2] after the resignation of Sir Alan Cottrell as Chief Scientific Adviser in 1974, he assumed responsibility for advising the government on scientific and technological questions, retiring in 1976.[2][4] He chaired the Council of Science and Technology Institutes from 1978 to 1980.[2]
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[edit]- ^ Solomon Zuckerman, "Dr Robert Press", The Times, 14 September 1984, page 20
- ^ a b c d "Dr Robert Press", The Times, 3 September 1984, p. 12 Gale CS203656995.
- ^ Enda Leaney, "Press, Robert", Dictionary of Irish Biography, October 2009. doi:10.3318/dib.007483.v1
- ^ "Cabinet Science Adviser Chosen", The Daily Telegraph, 3 April 1974, p. 1. Gale IO0703831506
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