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'''Alan Walsh''' [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]]<ref name="frs">{{cite doi|10.1098/rsbm.1999.0100}}</ref> (19 December 1916, [[Hoddlesden]] – 3 August 1998, [[Melbourne]]) was a British and Australian physicist. |
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'''Alan Walsh''' [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]]<ref name="frs">{{cite doi|10.1098/rsbm.1999.0100}}</ref> (Born [[Hoddlesden]] 19 December 1916: Died [[Melbourne]] 3 August 1998) was a British and Australian physicist who won the [[Royal Medal]] in 1976.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nndb.com/honors/968/000100668/|title=Royal Medal|accessdate=2008-12-06}}</ref> He was most notable for his work on [[Atomic absorption spectroscopy]]. In 1977, he was created a Knight Bachelor for 'his distinguished service to science'. In 1969, he was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society]] of London and Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He was a Fellow of both the [[Australian Academy of Science]] (1958) and the [[Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering]] (1982). He worked at the [[Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation]] (CSIRO) in Melbourne, [[Australia]] from 1945 to his retirement in 1977.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.science.org.au/fellows/memoirs/walsh2.html#23 | title=Biographical memoirs: Alan Walsh | work=Australian Academy of Sciences | accessdate=2011-01-14}}</ref> |
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He was born in Darwen, Lancashire, educated at Darwen Grammar School and studied physics at [[Manchester University]]. |
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After working for several years in British industry he moved to Melbourne, Australia in 1946 to join the newly formed Chemical Physics Section of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (then CSIR, now CSIRO), where he worked until his retirement in 1977.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.science.org.au/fellows/memoirs/walsh2.html#23 | title=Biographical memoirs: Alan Walsh | work=Australian Academy of Sciences | accessdate=2011-01-14}}</ref>. There he developed the innovative technique of using atomic absorption spectra, rather than atomic emission and molecular absorption spectra, in spectrochemical analysis. |
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He was a made a Fellow of the [[Australian Academy of Science]] in 1958 and was President of the [[Australian Institute of Physics]] from 1967 to 1976. In 1969, he was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] of London and a Foreign Member of the [[Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]]. He was awarded the Royal Society's [[Royal Medal]] in 1976.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nndb.com/honors/968/000100668/|title=Royal Medal|accessdate=2008-12-06}}</ref> In 1977, he was created a Knight Bachelor for 'his distinguished service to science'. He became a member of the [[Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering]] in 1982. |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 19 December 1916 |
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| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Hoddlesden]] |
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| DATE OF DEATH = 3 August 1998 |
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| PLACE OF DEATH = [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]] |
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Revision as of 20:50, 14 March 2012
Alan Walsh FRS[1] (19 December 1916, Hoddlesden – 3 August 1998, Melbourne) was a British and Australian physicist.
He was born in Darwen, Lancashire, educated at Darwen Grammar School and studied physics at Manchester University.
After working for several years in British industry he moved to Melbourne, Australia in 1946 to join the newly formed Chemical Physics Section of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (then CSIR, now CSIRO), where he worked until his retirement in 1977.[2]. There he developed the innovative technique of using atomic absorption spectra, rather than atomic emission and molecular absorption spectra, in spectrochemical analysis.
He was a made a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 1958 and was President of the Australian Institute of Physics from 1967 to 1976. In 1969, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London and a Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He was awarded the Royal Society's Royal Medal in 1976.[3] In 1977, he was created a Knight Bachelor for 'his distinguished service to science'. He became a member of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering in 1982.
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- ^ "Royal Medal". Retrieved 2008-12-06.
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