Born in Wakefield, Yorkshire and educated at Hanley High School, he was offered a scholarship to New College, Oxford in 1939, but upon failing to meet the university's Latin requirement he instead took up a place at King's College London where he studied physics.
[1] He later completed his PhD at University College, Nottingham.
[2] He also served as president of the Australian Institute of Physics.
[3] Street was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1985 "For Service to Learning",[4] was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 1973[3] and was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2001 "For service to Australian society and science in physics".
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