Peter Hirsch (metallurgist)

Sir Peter Hirsch
FRS HonFRMS
Sir Peter Hirsch FRS HonFRMS
Born	16 January 1925; Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany
Died	12 September 2025 (aged 100)
Alma mater	St Catharine's College, Cambridge (B.A., 1946; PhD., 1951)
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 (2005); Fellow of the Royal Society;
	Scientific career
Fields	Materials science
Institutions	University of Cambridge; 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 FRS HonFRMS (16 January 1925 – 12 September 2025) was a British metallurgist who made fundamental contributions to the application of transmission electron microscopy to metals.