Philip Wilfred Robertson was a New Zealand chemist, university professor, and writer.
He then graduated with an MA in chemistry from Victoria University of Wellington in 1905, followed by an MSc in 1906.
He gained first-class honours in natural sciences at Trinity College, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, followed by a PhD at Leipzig University.
He took up the chair of chemistry at Victoria University College in 1920 where he headed the department for 30 years.
He was awarded the Hector Memorial Medal in 1919 and in 1950 was elected to a fellowship of the Royal Society of New Zealand.