Awards In 1969 Robertson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE). In 1979 Robertson was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). Bibliography Blaxter, K. L., and Noel F. Robertson. From Dearth to Plenty: The Modern Revolution in Food Production. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1995. Print. Fleming, Ian J., and Noel F. Robertson. Britain's First Chair of Agriculture at the University of Edinburgh, 1790-1990. Edinburgh: East of Scotland College of Agriculture, 1990. Print. Ingram, D. S., and N. F. Robertson. "Interaction between Phytophthora Infestans and Tissue Cultures of Solanum Tuberosum." Microbiology 40.3 (1965): 431-37. Print. Ingram, David S., and Noel F. Robertson. Plant Disease: A Natural History. London: HarperCollins, 1999. Print. New Naturalist Ser. No. 85. Robertson, Noel F. "Studies on the Mycorrhiza of Pinus Sylvestris I. The Pattern of Development of Mycorrhizal Roots and Its Significance for Experimental Studies." 'New Phytologist. 53 (1954): 253-83. Print. Robertson, Noël Farnie. The Reason for Studying Plant Diseases; an Inaugural Lecture Delivered in the University of Hull on 10 February 1960. Hull: U of Hull, 1960. Print. Robertson, Noel F. "The Botanic Garden and Its Functions." Nature 194 (1962): 11-13. Print. Robertson, Noel F. "The Fungal Hypha." Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 48 (1965): 1-8. Print. Robertson, N. F. "The Growth Process in Fungi." Annual Review of Phytopathology. 6.1 (1968): 115-36. Print. Robertson, N. F., J. Friend, M. Aveyard, J. Brown, M. Huffee, and A. L. Homans. "The Accumulation of Phenolic Acids in Tissue Culture-pathogen Combinations of Solanum Tuberosum and Phyto-phthora Infestans." Journal of General Microbiology 54 (1968): 261-68. Print. Wilson, M., and N. F. Robertson. "The Biology, Culture, Morphology, and Relationship of Lophodermium Vagulum Sp. Nov.; the Cause of a Disease of Chinese Rhododendrons." Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 61 (1947): 517-31. Print. References 1923 births 1999 deaths People educated at Trinity Academy, Edinburgh Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Scientists from Edinburgh 20th-century British botanists Academics of the University of Edinburgh Academics of the University of Hull