Credit: © Godrey Argent Studio
    Image number: RS.19151

    Portrait of John Charles Burkill

    Date
    ca.1950s
    Sitter
    John Charles Burkill (1900 - 1993, British) , Mathematician
    Creator
    Walter Bird (1903 - 1969, British) , Photographer
    Object type
    Image reference
    Material
    Dimensions
    height (print): 210mm
    width (print): 155mm
    Subject
    Description
    Half-length portrait of John Charles Burkill turned to the right and looking out to viewer, his hands are clasped and held at waist height. He wears a mid-tone suit jacket with a white shirt and silk tie. His hair is combed back, and he has a moustache.

    Inscribed with the photographer’s signature lower left-hand corner.

    John Charles Burkill (1900-1993) British mathematician was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1953.

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