Robin Stokes was born in the village of Southsea, on Portsea Island, UK, on 24 December 1918 and died in Armidale, NSW, Australia, on 15 November 2016. He came from a long line of distinguished scientists and mathematicians. Robin was educated at Auckland Grammar School, Auckland University College and the University of Cambridge. He commenced his academic career at the University of Western Australia in 1945 during the post-war reconstruction period, left there to pursue his PhD at Cambridge in 1947 and returned as a senior lecturer in 1950. He took the chair of chemistry at the University of New England in 1955 and remained there for the rest of his career. He made outstanding contributions to our understanding of electrolyte solutions. His book with R. A. Robinson has more than 12,000 citations.

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罗伯特（罗宾）哈罗德斯托克斯 1918–2016

罗宾斯托克斯于 1918 年 12 月 24 日出生在英国波特西岛的南海村，于 2016 年 11 月 15 日在澳大利亚新南威尔士州的阿米代尔去世。他出身于众多杰出的科学家和数学家。罗宾曾就读于奥克兰文法学校、奥克兰大学学院和剑桥大学。1945 年战后重建期间，他在西澳大利亚大学开始了他的学术生涯，1947 年离开那里去剑桥攻读博士学位，1950 年作为高级讲师返回。他担任了澳大利亚大学化学系主任。 1955 年前往新英格兰，并在那里度过了他的余生。他为我们对电解质溶液的理解做出了杰出贡献。他与 RA Robinson 合着的书被引用超过 12,000 次。