Group portrait of Hermann Black and John Warcup Cornforth
Date
1977
Sitter
Sir Hermann Black (1904 - 1990, Australian) , Economist
John Warcup Cornforth (1917 - 2013, Australian) , Knight Chemist, Chemist
John Warcup Cornforth (1917 - 2013, Australian) , Knight Chemist, Chemist
Creator
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 172mm
width (print): 121mm
width (print): 121mm
Subject
Description
Three-quarter length portrait of Hermann Black and John Warcup Cornforth in graduation robes, taken at the University of Sydney.
John Warcup Cornforth was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Science at the University of Sydney in November 1977.
Inscribed on the reverse ‘Hon. D.Sc. Sydney, Nov. 1977. Sir Hermann Black (Chancellor)’ and pencilled ‘394P’.
Sir Hermann David Black (1904-1990) was an Australian economist and Chancellor of the University of Sydney.
John Warcup Cornforth (1917-2013) was an Australian chemist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1953.
John Warcup Cornforth was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Science at the University of Sydney in November 1977.
Inscribed on the reverse ‘Hon. D.Sc. Sydney, Nov. 1977. Sir Hermann Black (Chancellor)’ and pencilled ‘394P’.
Sir Hermann David Black (1904-1990) was an Australian economist and Chancellor of the University of Sydney.
John Warcup Cornforth (1917-2013) was an Australian chemist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1953.
Associated place