__NOTOC__ Walter Sidney Metcalf (18 May 1918 – 25 July 2008) was a New Zealand physical chemist. Matcalf was born in Kaitangata on 18 May 1918, the son of George Metcalf, and was educated at

Napier Boys' High School Napier Boys' High School is a secondary boys' school in, Napier, New Zealand. It currently has a school roll of approximately pupils. The school provides education from Year 9 to Year 13. Notable alumni Business * Rod Drury – chief execu ...

. He earned a bachelor's degree in music in parallel with his first science degree at the University of Otago, and completed a DPhil degree with

E. J. Bowen Edmund ("Ted") John Bowen Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (29 April 1898 – 19 November 1980) was a British physical chemist. Life Born in Worcester, England, Worcester, England, E. J. Bowen attended the Royal Grammar School Worcester. He w ...

at England's Oxford University. Metcalf married Mary Glen Simmers, and the couple went on to thave two children. Metcalf initially worked at Victoria University College, then moved to Canterbury University College (now the

University of Canterbury The University of Canterbury ( mi, Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha; postnominal abbreviation ''Cantuar.'' or ''Cant.'' for ''Cantuariensis'', the Latin name for Canterbury) is a public research university based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was ...

) in 1954. He retired as a reader in 1975. He worked mainly on photochemistry and was awarded the

T. K. Sidey Medal Sir Thomas Kay Sidey (27 May 1863 – 20 May 1933) was a New Zealand politician from the Otago region, remembered for his successful advocacy of daylight saving time. Early life Sidey was born on 27 May 1863, to John and Johan Murray Sidey, in ...

by the Royal Society of New Zealand for his research in 1966. Towards the end of his career, he worked on calcium metabolism.

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