Alan Walsh (physicist)

Sir Alan Walsh
FAA FRS
Born19 December 1916
Hoddlesden, England
Died3 August 1998 (aged 81)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Alma materUniversity of Manchester
Known forAtomic absorption spectroscopy
SpouseAudrey Dale Hutchinson
ChildrenThomas Haworth
David Alan
Scientific career
InstitutionsBNF
CSIR (later CSIRO)

Sir Alan Walsh FAA FRS (19 December 1916 – 3 August 1998) was a British-Australian physicist, famous for being the originator and developer of a method of chemical analysis called atomic absorption spectroscopy.

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