Millennium Fellows of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Date
2002
Sitter
Sir John Ernest Walker (British) , Chemist
George Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham (1920 - 2002, British) , Chemist
Sir Harold Walter Kroto (1939 - 2016, British) , Chemist
Steven Victor Ley (1945, British) , Chemist
Max Ferdinand Perutz (1914 - 2002, British) , Molecular biologist
John Warcup Cornforth (1917 - 2013, Australian) , Knight Chemist, Chemist
George Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham (1920 - 2002, British) , Chemist
Sir Harold Walter Kroto (1939 - 2016, British) , Chemist
Steven Victor Ley (1945, British) , Chemist
Max Ferdinand Perutz (1914 - 2002, British) , Molecular biologist
John Warcup Cornforth (1917 - 2013, Australian) , Knight Chemist, Chemist
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height (print): 126mm
width (print): 190mm
height (paper support): 201mm
width (paper support): 251mm
width (print): 190mm
height (paper support): 201mm
width (paper support): 251mm
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Description
Full length portrait of seven chemists, taken at the ceremony of Millennium Fellows to the Royal Society of Chemistry in Cambridge, 7 July 2002.
Including from left to right, Sir John Walker, Lord George Porter, Sir Harold Kroto, Steven Ley, Max Perutz and John Warcup Cornforth.
Inscribed on the reverse in pen ‘836/36’
Sir John Ernest Walker is a British chemist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1995.
George Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham (1920-2002) was a British chemist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1960, he served as President from 1985-1990.
Sir Harold Walter Kroto (1939-2016) was a British chemist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1990.
Steven Victor Ley is a British chemist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1990. He was the President of the Royal Society of Chemistry from 2000 to 2002.
Max Ferdinand Perutz (1914-2002) was an Austrian-born British molecular biologist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1954.
John Warcup Cornforth (1917-2013) was an Australian chemist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1953.
Including from left to right, Sir John Walker, Lord George Porter, Sir Harold Kroto, Steven Ley, Max Perutz and John Warcup Cornforth.
Inscribed on the reverse in pen ‘836/36’
Sir John Ernest Walker is a British chemist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1995.
George Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham (1920-2002) was a British chemist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1960, he served as President from 1985-1990.
Sir Harold Walter Kroto (1939-2016) was a British chemist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1990.
Steven Victor Ley is a British chemist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1990. He was the President of the Royal Society of Chemistry from 2000 to 2002.
Max Ferdinand Perutz (1914-2002) was an Austrian-born British molecular biologist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1954.
John Warcup Cornforth (1917-2013) was an Australian chemist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1953.
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