Dennis Walsh

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Denis Walsh is a British astronomer, b. 1933 into a poor family in Manchester, England.

He developed an early aptitude for mathematics and physics, gaining his doctorate from Manchester University at the age of 19.

He married Pamela Lawton in 1958 by whom he had four sons. Dr. Walsh taught at the University of Michigan, USA from 1959 before returning to Manchester University in 1967.

Dr. Walsh is best known for his work on gravitational lens.