Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.12545

    Presidents of the Royal Society

    Date
    ca. late 2000s
    Sitter
    Lord Robert McCredie May of Oxford (Australian) , Ecologist
    Aaron Klug (1926 - 2018, British) , Chemist
    Michael Francis Atiyah (1929 - 2019, British) , Mathematician
    George Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham (1920 - 2002, British) , Chemist
    Andrew Fielding Huxley (1917 - 2012, British) , Biologist
    Creator
    Unknown, Photographer
    Object type
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 126mm
    width (print): 189mm
    Subject
    Description
    Full length group portrait of Presidents of the Royal Society including from left to right, Sir Robert May, Sir Aaron Klug, Sir Michael Atiyah, Sir George Porter and Sir Andrew Huxley.

    Sir Robert May, Baron May of Oxford is an Australian theoretical ecologist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1979 and served as President from 2000-2005.

    Sir Aaron Klug is a Lithuanian-born British chemist and biophysicist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1969 and served as President from 1995-2000.

    Sir Michael Atiyah is a British mathematician, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1962 and served as President from 1990-1995.

    Sir George Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham (1920-2002) was a Chemist and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1960, he served as President from 1985-1990.

    Sir Andrew Huxley (1917-2012) was a British biologist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1955 and served as President from 1980-1985.
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