Portrait of John Warcup Cornforth and Rita Harriet Cornforth
Date
1941
Sitter
John Warcup Cornforth (1917 - 2013, Australian) , Knight Chemist, Chemist
Rita Harriet Cornforth (1915 - 2012, Australian) , Organic chemist
Rita Harriet Cornforth (1915 - 2012, Australian) , Organic chemist
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Dimensions
height (print): 133mm
width (print): 140mm
width (print): 140mm
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Description
Head and shoulders portrait of John Warcup Cornforth and Rita Harriet Cornforth gazing into each others eyes. Taken on their wedding day in Oxford, September 1941.
John Warcup Cornforth (1917-2013) was an Australian chemist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1953.
Rita Harriet Cornforth (1915-2012) was an Australian organic chemist.
John Warcup Cornforth (1917-2013) was an Australian chemist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1953.
Rita Harriet Cornforth (1915-2012) was an Australian organic chemist.
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