Group portrait of scientists
Date
1973
Sitter
Alan Lloyd Hodgkin (1914 - 1998, British) , Physiologist
Piotr Leonidovich Kapitza (1894 - 1984) , Physicist
Sir David Christie Martin (1914 - 1976, British) , Scientific administrator
Piotr Leonidovich Kapitza (1894 - 1984) , Physicist
Sir David Christie Martin (1914 - 1976, British) , Scientific administrator
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Dimensions
height (print): 128mm
width (print): 172mm
width (print): 172mm
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Description
Three-quarter length portrait of scientists, including from left to right, Sir Alan Hodgkin, Piotr Leonidovich Kapitza, [?] and Sir David Martin.
Inscribed ‘SIR ALAN HODGKIN, PETER KAPITZA AND SIR DAVID MARTIN, EXEC. SEC.’ and stamped ‘The Royal Society of London’.
Sir Alan Lloyd Hodgkin (1914-1998) was a British neurophysiologist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1948 and served as President from 1970-1975.
Piotr Leonidovich Kapitza (1894-1984) was a Russian physicist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1929.
Sir David Christie Martin (1914-1976), was a British scientific administrator, he was Executive Secretary of the Royal Society from 1947-1976.
Inscribed ‘SIR ALAN HODGKIN, PETER KAPITZA AND SIR DAVID MARTIN, EXEC. SEC.’ and stamped ‘The Royal Society of London’.
Sir Alan Lloyd Hodgkin (1914-1998) was a British neurophysiologist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1948 and served as President from 1970-1975.
Piotr Leonidovich Kapitza (1894-1984) was a Russian physicist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1929.
Sir David Christie Martin (1914-1976), was a British scientific administrator, he was Executive Secretary of the Royal Society from 1947-1976.
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