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John Robert Philip AO FAA FRS (18 January 1927, Ballarat – 26 June 1999, Amsterdam) was an Australian soil physicist and hydrologist, internationally recognised for his contributions to the understanding of movement of water, energy and gases. While he never performed his own experimental work, he was recognised for his skills in mathematics that could be used to explain physical processes and solve real world problems.[1][2][3]
His interests were not limited to Environmental mechanics and things mathematical, but included a keen interest in the arts. He was a published poet and a panellist on the Sulman Prize for Architecture. His poetry appears in anthologies edited by Judith Wright and in The Oxford Book of Australian Verse.[3]
- ^ Smiles, D. (2005). "John Robert Philip. 18 January 1927 – 26 June 1999: Elected F.R.S. 1974". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 51: 327. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2005.0021.
- ^ David Smiles. "John Robert Philip 1927–1999". Biographical memoirs. Australian Academy of Science. originally published in Historical Records of Australian Science, vol.16, no.2, 2005.
- ^ a b "Officer of the Order of Australia". It's an Honour. 26 January 1998.
FOR SERVICE TO THE SCIENCE OF HYDROLOGY, TO SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION IN PROMOTING THE INTERESTS OF SCIENCE FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND THE AUSTRALIAN CULTURE THROUGH ARCHITECTURE AND LITERATURE. AO S14 1998