Alec Merrison
Alec Merrison | |
|---|---|
| Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bristol | |
| In office 1969–1984 | |
| Preceded by | Arthur Roderick Collar |
| Succeeded by | Peter Haggett (acting) Sir John Kingman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 March 1924 Wood Green, London, England |
| Died | 19 February 1989 (aged 64) |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | King's College London |
| Profession | Physicist |
Sir Alexander Walter Merrison FRS (20 March 1924 – 19 February 1989) was a British physicist. He was a professor in experimental physics at Liverpool University and the first director of the new Daresbury Nuclear Physics Laboratory. He later became vice-chancellor of University of Bristol.