Peter Hirsch (metallurgist)
Sir Peter Hirsch FRS | |
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| Born | 16 January 1925 (age 100) |
| Alma mater | Christ's College, Cambridge St Catharine's College, Cambridge |
| Known for | Transmission Electron Microscopy Physics |
| Relatives | Afua Hirsch (great-niece) |
| Awards | Franklin J. Clamer Medal (1970) Hughes Medal (1973) Royal Medal (1977) Wolf Prize in Physics (1983/4) Holweck Meda (1988) Lomonosov Gold Medal of Russian Academy of Sciences (2005) Fellow of the Royal Society |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Materials Science |
| Institutions | University of Oxford |
| Thesis | An X-ray micro-beam technique (1951) |
| Doctoral advisor | W.H. Taylor |
| Doctoral students | Michael J Whelan |
Sir Peter Bernhard Hirsch HonFRMS FRS (born 16 January 1925) is a British metallurgist who has made fundamental contributions to the application of transmission electron microscopy to metals.