Chemist
Richard Robson
Metal organic frameworks, built from a plastic model kit.
Richard Robson is an English and Australian chemist and Professor of Chemistry at the University of Melbourne. Robson specialises in coordination polymers, particularly metal-organic frameworks. He has been described as "a pioneer in crystal engineering involving transition metals". In 2025, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly with Susumu Kitagawa and Omar M. Yaghi for the development of metal-organic frameworks.
- Born
- 1937-06-04, Glusburn, EnglandA Friday
- At birth
- Sun in Gemini, Moon in Aries
- Nationality
- Australia
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1937-06-04, Glusburn, England · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
Europe/LondonThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Gemini | 13°23′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aries | 12°07′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Taurus | 19°51′ | Direct |
| Venus | Taurus | 0°07′ | Direct |
| Mars | Scorpio | 23°04′ | Retrograde |
| Jupiter | Capricorn | 26°42′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Aries | 3°38′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Taurus | 11°31′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Virgo | 16°11′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 27°07′ | Direct |
Richard Robson is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Richard Robson was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.