Portrait of John Warcup Cornforth and George Joseph Popják
Date
1958
Sitter
John Warcup Cornforth (1917 - 2013, Australian) , Knight Chemist, Chemist
George Joseph Popják (1914 - 1998) , Biochemist
George Joseph Popják (1914 - 1998) , Biochemist
Creator - Organisation
Owen & Moroney, Photographer
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 115mm
width (print): 162mm
width (print): 162mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of John Warcup Cornforth and George Joseph Popják in conversation with unidentified gentleman, taken at the CIBA Conference.
Stamped on the reverse ‘Photograph by Owen & Moroney, 400a, Uxbridge Rd, Shepherds Bush. Tel. SHEpherds Bush 1141 Please Quote Ref No… 30589/3’ and inscribed ‘Ciba Conference May 1958’.
John Warcup Cornforth (1917-2013) was an Australian chemist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1953.
George Joseph Popják (1914-1998) was a Hungarian biochemist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1961.
Stamped on the reverse ‘Photograph by Owen & Moroney, 400a, Uxbridge Rd, Shepherds Bush. Tel. SHEpherds Bush 1141 Please Quote Ref No… 30589/3’ and inscribed ‘Ciba Conference May 1958’.
John Warcup Cornforth (1917-2013) was an Australian chemist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1953.
George Joseph Popják (1914-1998) was a Hungarian biochemist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1961.
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