Sir Robert Hughes Williams, (born 22 December 1941), commonly known as Robin Williams, is a Welsh physicist and academic, specialising in solid state physics and semiconductors. He was Vice-Chancellor of University of Wales, Swansea from 1994 to 2003. He had taught at the New University of Ulster and University of Wales, College of Cardiff, before joining Swansea. Honours In 1990, Williams was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS), the United Kingdom's national academy for the sciences. In 2010, he was elected a Founding Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales (FLSW). He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2004 New Year Honours for services to education and to the community in Swansea and knighted in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to higher education, research and the Welsh language. Selected works References 1941 births Welsh physicists Academics of Ulster University Academics of Cardiff University Academics of Swansea University Knights Bachelor Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Fellows of the Royal Society Fellows of the Learned Society of Wales Living people