Daniel Frank Walls FRS was a New Zealand theoretical physicist specialising in quantum optics. Wikipedia
Born: September 13, 1942, Napier, New Zealand
Died: May 12, 1999 (age 56 years), Auckland, New Zealand
Notable students: Gerard J. Milburn, Howard Carmichael, Howard M. Wiseman, and more
Awards: Einstein Prize for Laser Science (1990), Fellow of the Royal Society (1992), and Dirac Medal (1995)