Bill Blevin

{{Short description|Australian physicist (1929–2022)}}

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William Roderick Blevin AM DSc FAA FTSE FAIP FIP (31 October 1929, Inverell, New South Wales – 11 August 2022) was an Australian physicist. He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 1985 and appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 1989.{{cite web |url= http://trove.nla.gov.au/people/1476330?c=people |title= Blevin, William Roderick, AM, FAA, FTSE, FAIP, FIP (1929–) |publisher= trove.nla.gov.au }}{{cite web |url= http://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004600b.htm |title= Blevin, William Roderick (1929 – ) |work= Biographical entry |publisher= Encyclopaedia of Australian Science }}{{cite web |url= https://csiropedia.csiro.au/blevin-william-roderick/ |title= William Roderick Blevin |date= 13 January 2015 |publisher= CSIROpedia }}{{cite web |title= Centenary Medal |date= 1 January 2001 |quote= For service to Australian society and science in applied physics |publisher= It's an Honour |url= https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1126795 }}{{cite web |title= Member of the Order of Australia |date= 12 June 1989 |quote= In recognition of service to science, particularly in the field of applied physics |publisher= It's an Honour |url= https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/886041 }}

Blevins died on 11 August 2022, aged 92.{{cite news |title=BLEVIN Dr William Roderick (Bill) of Cheltenham |url=https://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/454750/william-blevin/?r=https://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/smh-au/ |access-date=23 September 2022 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald}}