Sir Norman Alexander | |
|---|---|
| Vice-Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University | |
| In office 1961–1966 | |
| Professor of Physics, University College, Ibadan | |
| In office 1952–1960 | |
| Professor of Physics, University of Malaya | |
| In office 1949–1952 | |
| Professor of Physics, Raffles College | |
| In office 1936–1949 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Norman Stanley Alexander 7 October 1907 Te Awamutu, New Zealand |
| Died | 26 March 1997 (aged 89) |
Sir Norman Stanley Alexander (7 October 1907 – 26 March 1997) was a New Zealand physicist instrumental in the establishment of many Commonwealth universities, including Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria, and the Universities of the West Indies, the South Pacific and Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland.[1] He was knighted in 1966.