Walter Sidney Metcalf
Walter Sidney Metcalf was a New Zealand physical chemist.
Walter Metcalf gained a bachelor's degree in music in parallel with his first science degree. He studied for a DPhil degree with E. J. Bowen at Oxford University in England.
Metcalf initially worked at Victoria University of Wellington and moved to Canterbury University College in 1954. He retired as a Reader in 1975. Metcalf mainly worked on photochemistry and was awarded the T. K. Sidey Medal by the Royal Society of New Zealand for his research in 1966. Towards the end of his career, he worked on calcium metabolism.
