Credit: © Godrey Argent Studio
    Image number: RS.19197

    Portrait of Frank John Fenner

    Date
    ca.1960s
    Sitter
    Frank John Fenner (1914 - 2010, Australian) , Virologist
    Creator
    Walter Bird (1903 - 1969, British) , Photographer
    Object type
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    Material
    Dimensions
    height (print): 205mm
    width (print): 155mm
    Subject
    Description
    Head and shoulders portrait of Frank John Fenner looking off to the right as viewed. He is dressed in a dark suit jacket with shirt and tie.

    Inscribed with the photographer’s signature lower right-hand corner.

    Frank John Fenner (1914-2010) Australian virologist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1958. He was awarded the Copley Medal in 1995 in recognition of his contribution to animal virology with special emphasis on the pox and myxomatosis viruses and their relationship with the host in causing disease.

    Associated place
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