Portrait of John Warcup Cornforth
Date
1960
Sitter
John Warcup Cornforth (1917 - 2013, Australian) , Knight Chemist, Chemist
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Dimensions
height (print): 217mm
width (print): 173mm
width (print): 173mm
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Description
Half-length portrait of John Warcup Cornforth with unknown gentleman. He stands holding a spiral bound notebook inscribed ‘CROXLEY’ and wearing a name badge with the initials ‘IUPAC’. Possibly taken at an event associated with the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.
Inscribed on the reverse ‘UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY 1960’.
John Warcup Cornforth (1917-2013) was an Australian chemist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1953.
Inscribed on the reverse ‘UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY 1960’.
John Warcup Cornforth (1917-2013) was an Australian chemist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1953.
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