Alan Astbury FRS FRSC[1] (1934–2014)[2] was a Canadian physicist, emeritus professor at the University of Victoria,[3][4] and director of the Tri-Universities Meson Facility (TRIUMF) laboratory.

[8] In 1953, he joined the University of Liverpool, gaining a first-class honours degree in 1956 followed by a PhD in 1959 under Alec Merrison and Hugh Muirhead.

[8][9] He joined Kenneth Crowe's group at Berkeley in 1961, using their 4.67m (184 inch) synchrocyclotron and working on a bent-crystal spectrometer for more precise particle mass measurement.

In 1986, he became a member of the Canadian National Science and Engineering Research Council grant selection committee and, in 1991, director of Canada's Institute for Particle Physics.

He organised new memberships, instigated the IUPAP Young Scientist Medal and Prize and promoted the increased participation of women in the commissions and executive council.