Portrait of John Warcup Cornforth
Date
2002
Sitter
John Warcup Cornforth (1917 - 2013, Australian) , Knight Chemist, Chemist
Steven Victor Ley (1945, British) , Chemist
Steven Victor Ley (1945, 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
Half-length portrait of John Warcup Cornforth receiving a rolled certificate from Steven Ley, taken at the ceremony of the Millennium Fellowship at the Royal Society of Chemistry on 7 July 2002.
Inscribed on the reverse in pen ‘836/9’
John Warcup Cornforth (1917-2013) was an Australian chemist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1953.
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.
Inscribed on the reverse in pen ‘836/9’
John Warcup Cornforth (1917-2013) was an Australian chemist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1953.
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.
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