Portrait of James Jeans
Date
1922
Sitter
James Hopwood Jeans (1877 - 1946, British) , Mathematician
Creator - Organisation
J. Russell & Sons, Photographer
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height: (print) 154mm
width: (print) 111mm
height: (mount) 275mm
width: (mount) 200mm
width: (print) 111mm
height: (mount) 275mm
width: (mount) 200mm
Subject
Description
Formal head and shoulders portrait of James Jeans, seated left as viewed, looking into the camera.
Inscribed in pencil: ‘Jeans, m.a. J.H.’
Jeans was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1906. He served as Secretary from 1919-1929 and Vice President from 1938-1940. He was awarded the Royal Medal in 1919 for his researches in applied mathematics.
Inscribed in pencil: ‘Jeans, m.a. J.H.’
Jeans was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1906. He served as Secretary from 1919-1929 and Vice President from 1938-1940. He was awarded the Royal Medal in 1919 for his researches in applied mathematics.
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