Six Presidents of the Royal Society
Date
1965
Sitter
Henry Hallett Dale (1875 - 1968, British) , Knight Physician, Physiologist
Robert Robinson (1886 - 1975, British) , Organic chemist
Cyril Norman Hinshelwood (1897 - 1967, British) , Physical chemist
Howard Walter Florey, Baron Florey of Adelaide and Marston (1898 - 1968, Australian) , Pathologist
Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, Baron Blackett of Chelsea (1897 - 1974, British) , Physicist
Robert Robinson (1886 - 1975, British) , Organic chemist
Cyril Norman Hinshelwood (1897 - 1967, British) , Physical chemist
Howard Walter Florey, Baron Florey of Adelaide and Marston (1898 - 1968, Australian) , Pathologist
Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, Baron Blackett of Chelsea (1897 - 1974, British) , Physicist
Creator
Walter Bird (1903 - 1969, British) , Photographer
Creator - Organisation
Godfrey Argent Studio, Photographer
Object type
Image reference
Material
Dimensions
height (print): 300mm
width (print): 250mm
width (print): 250mm
Subject
Medical Sciences
> Physiology (Medical Sciences)
Chemistry
> Organic chemistry
Biology
> Physiology (Biology)
Chemistry
> Physical chemistry
Medical Sciences
> Pathology
Physics
> Physiology (Medical Sciences)
Chemistry
> Organic chemistry
Biology
> Physiology (Biology)
Chemistry
> Physical chemistry
Medical Sciences
> Pathology
Physics
Description
Group portrait of six Presidents of the Royal Society including from left to right, Henry Dale, Robert Robinson, Edgar Adrian, Cyril Hinshelwood, Howard Florey and Patrick Blackett.
Inscribed on the reverse ‘Six Presidents of the Royal Society, from left to right. Seated – Sir Henry Dale 1940-45, standing Sir Robert Robinson 1945-50, seated Lord Adrian 1950-55, seated Sir Cyril Hinshelwood 1955-60, standing Lord Florey 1960-65, seated Professor P. M. S. Blackett 1965-. Photographed on 30.11.1965.’
Stamped ‘WALTER BIRD, F.I.BP., F.R.P.S. 49, QUEENS GATE, LONDON, S.W.7. KNIGHTSBRIDGE 0289 [?] THE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF THIS PRINT RIN WG 9449/I.’ and ‘The Royal Society of London.’
Sir Henry Hallett Dale (1875-1968) British physiologist and pharmacologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1914 and served as its President from 1940 to 1945. He was awarded the Royal Medal, 1924, and the Copley Medal, 1937, and was the joint recipient of the Nobel Prize (Physiology or Medicine) in 1936 with Otto Loewi (1873-1961) ‘for their discoveries relating to chemical transmission of nerve impulses’.
Sir Robert Robinson (1886-1975), British organic chemist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1920 and served as its President between 1945-1950. He was awarded the Society’s Bakerian Award, 1930, Davy Medal, 1930, Royal Medal, 1932, Copley Medal, 1942, and the Nobel Prize (Chemistry) in 1947 ‘for his investigations on plant products of biological importance, especially the alkaloids’.
Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian (1889-1977), British physiologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1923, served as Foreign Secretary between 1946 and 1950 and President between 1950 and 1955. Adrian and Sir Charles Scott Sherrington (1857-1952) were joint recipients of the Nobel Prize (Physiology or Medicine) in 1932 ‘for their discoveries regarding the functions of neurons’.
Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood (1897-1967), British physical chemist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1929 and served as its President between 1955-1960. He was awarded the Society’s Davy Medal, 1942, Royal Medal, 1947, Leverhulme Medal, 1960, and was joint recipient with Nikolay Nikolaevich Semenov of the Nobel Prize (Chemistry) in 1956 for their ‘for their researches into the mechanism of chemical reactions’.
Howard Walter Florey, Baron Florey (1898-1968), Australian pathologist and pharmacologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1941, served as Vice President between 1951-1953 and President between 1960-1965. He was joint recipient with Ernst Boris Chain (1906-1979) and Alexander Fleming (1881-1955) of the Nobel Prize (Physiology or Medicine) in 1945 for ‘for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases’.
Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, Baron Blackett (1897- 1974), British physicist and government and military adviser, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1933, and served as its President between 1965 and 1970. He was awarded the Society’s Royal Medal, 1940, Copley Medal, 1956, and was awarded the Nobel Prize (Physics) in 1948 ‘for his development of the Wilson cloud chamber method, and his discoveries therewith in the fields of nuclear physics and cosmic radiation’.
Inscribed on the reverse ‘Six Presidents of the Royal Society, from left to right. Seated – Sir Henry Dale 1940-45, standing Sir Robert Robinson 1945-50, seated Lord Adrian 1950-55, seated Sir Cyril Hinshelwood 1955-60, standing Lord Florey 1960-65, seated Professor P. M. S. Blackett 1965-. Photographed on 30.11.1965.’
Stamped ‘WALTER BIRD, F.I.BP., F.R.P.S. 49, QUEENS GATE, LONDON, S.W.7. KNIGHTSBRIDGE 0289 [?] THE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF THIS PRINT RIN WG 9449/I.’ and ‘The Royal Society of London.’
Sir Henry Hallett Dale (1875-1968) British physiologist and pharmacologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1914 and served as its President from 1940 to 1945. He was awarded the Royal Medal, 1924, and the Copley Medal, 1937, and was the joint recipient of the Nobel Prize (Physiology or Medicine) in 1936 with Otto Loewi (1873-1961) ‘for their discoveries relating to chemical transmission of nerve impulses’.
Sir Robert Robinson (1886-1975), British organic chemist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1920 and served as its President between 1945-1950. He was awarded the Society’s Bakerian Award, 1930, Davy Medal, 1930, Royal Medal, 1932, Copley Medal, 1942, and the Nobel Prize (Chemistry) in 1947 ‘for his investigations on plant products of biological importance, especially the alkaloids’.
Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian (1889-1977), British physiologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1923, served as Foreign Secretary between 1946 and 1950 and President between 1950 and 1955. Adrian and Sir Charles Scott Sherrington (1857-1952) were joint recipients of the Nobel Prize (Physiology or Medicine) in 1932 ‘for their discoveries regarding the functions of neurons’.
Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood (1897-1967), British physical chemist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1929 and served as its President between 1955-1960. He was awarded the Society’s Davy Medal, 1942, Royal Medal, 1947, Leverhulme Medal, 1960, and was joint recipient with Nikolay Nikolaevich Semenov of the Nobel Prize (Chemistry) in 1956 for their ‘for their researches into the mechanism of chemical reactions’.
Howard Walter Florey, Baron Florey (1898-1968), Australian pathologist and pharmacologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1941, served as Vice President between 1951-1953 and President between 1960-1965. He was joint recipient with Ernst Boris Chain (1906-1979) and Alexander Fleming (1881-1955) of the Nobel Prize (Physiology or Medicine) in 1945 for ‘for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases’.
Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, Baron Blackett (1897- 1974), British physicist and government and military adviser, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1933, and served as its President between 1965 and 1970. He was awarded the Society’s Royal Medal, 1940, Copley Medal, 1956, and was awarded the Nobel Prize (Physics) in 1948 ‘for his development of the Wilson cloud chamber method, and his discoveries therewith in the fields of nuclear physics and cosmic radiation’.
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