Millennium Fellows of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Date
2002
Sitter
Sir John Ernest Walker (British) , Chemist
Steven Victor Ley (1945, British) , Chemist
John Warcup Cornforth (1917 - 2013, Australian) , Knight Chemist, Chemist
George Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham (1920 - 2002, British) , Chemist
Max Ferdinand Perutz (1914 - 2002, British) , Molecular biologist
Sir Harold Walter Kroto (1939 - 2016, British) , Chemist
Steven Victor Ley (1945, British) , Chemist
John Warcup Cornforth (1917 - 2013, Australian) , Knight Chemist, Chemist
George Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham (1920 - 2002, British) , Chemist
Max Ferdinand Perutz (1914 - 2002, British) , Molecular biologist
Sir Harold Walter Kroto (1939 - 2016, British) , Chemist
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Dimensions
height (print): 127mm
width (print): 190mm
height (paper support): 201mm
width (paper support): 250mm
width (print): 190mm
height (paper support): 201mm
width (paper support): 250mm
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Description
Full length portrait of ten 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, [?], Steven Ley, [?], John Warcup Cornforth, Baron Porter, Max Perutz, [?], and Harold Kroto.
Inscribed on the reverse in pen ‘836/32'
Sir John Ernest Walker is a British chemist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1995.
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.
John Warcup Cornforth (1917-2013) was an Australian chemist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1953.
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.
Max Ferdinand Perutz (1914-2002) was an Austrian-born British molecular biologist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1954.
Sir Harold Walter Kroto (1939-2016) was a British chemist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1990.
Including from left to right, Sir John Walker, [?], Steven Ley, [?], John Warcup Cornforth, Baron Porter, Max Perutz, [?], and Harold Kroto.
Inscribed on the reverse in pen ‘836/32'
Sir John Ernest Walker is a British chemist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1995.
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.
John Warcup Cornforth (1917-2013) was an Australian chemist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1953.
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.
Max Ferdinand Perutz (1914-2002) was an Austrian-born British molecular biologist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1954.
Sir Harold Walter Kroto (1939-2016) was a British chemist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1990.
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