Alan Walsh
British-Australian physicist · Australia · On the map · Scientists · Lived 1916 to 1998 · aged 81
Sir Alan Walsh FAA FRS 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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1998Died3 August 19981982Robert Boyle Prize for Analytical ScienceAward1980Matthew Flinders Medal and LectureAward1978John Scott AwardAward1976Royal MedalAwardTorbern Bergman MedalAward1975James Cook MedalAward1958Fellow of the Australian Academy of ScienceAward1916Born19 December 1916
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Australia
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Scientists
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Lived 1916 to 1998 · aged 81
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