Credit: © Godrey Argent Studio
    Image number: RS.19158

    Portrait of John William Scott Cassels

    Date
    ca.1960s
    Sitter
    John William Scott Cassels (1922 - 2015) , Mathematician
    Creator
    Walter Bird (1903 - 1969, British) , Photographer
    Object type
    Image reference
    Material
    Dimensions
    height (print): 205mm
    width (print): 155mm
    Subject
    Description
    Half-length portrait of John William Scott Cassels with folded arms resting on check jacket, laid out on a table in front of him and looking off to the distance to the left as viewed. He is wearing a white short sleeved shirt with an open collar.

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

    John William Scott Cassels (1922-2015) British mathematician was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1963, he served on the Council from 1970-1972. He was awarded the Sylvester Medal in 1973 for his contributions to the theory of numbers.
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