Portrait of Alan Howard Cottrell
Date
ca.1960s
Sitter
Alan Howard Cottrell (1919, British) , Metallurgist
Creator
Walter Bird (1903 - 1969, British) , Photographer
Object type
Image reference
Material
Dimensions
height (print): 205mm
width (print): 155mm
width (print): 155mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Alan Howard Cottrell seated in three-quarter profile to the right as viewed with hands clasped in his lap. He wears a dark suit jacket with shirt and tie.
Inscribed with the photographer’s signature lower left-hand corner.
Sir Alan Howard Cottrell (1919-2012) British metallurgist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1955 and he served on the Council between 1963-1965 and 1975-1977. He was awarded the Copley medal in 1996 in recognition of his contribution to the understanding of mechanical properties of materials and related topics through his pioneering studies on crystal plasticity, dislocation impurity interactions, fracture and irradiation effects.
Inscribed with the photographer’s signature lower left-hand corner.
Sir Alan Howard Cottrell (1919-2012) British metallurgist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1955 and he served on the Council between 1963-1965 and 1975-1977. He was awarded the Copley medal in 1996 in recognition of his contribution to the understanding of mechanical properties of materials and related topics through his pioneering studies on crystal plasticity, dislocation impurity interactions, fracture and irradiation effects.
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