Credit: © Godrey Argent Studio
    Image number: RS.19198

    Portrait of George Ingle Finch

    Date
    ca.1960s
    Sitter
    George Ingle Finch (1888 - 1970, Australian) , Chemist
    Creator
    Walter Bird (1903 - 1969, British) , Photographer
    Object type
    Image reference
    Material
    Dimensions
    height (print): 205mm
    width (print): 155mm
    Subject
    Description
    Head ad shoulders portrait of George Ingle Finch in three-quarter profile to the right as viewed and resting chin against right hand. He is wearing a suit with shirt and tie and is holding spectacles [?].

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

    George Ingle Finch (1888-1970) Australian chemist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1938. He was awarded the Hughes Medal in 1944 for his fundamental contributions to the study of the structure and properties of surfaces, and for his important work on the electrical ignition of gases.

    Associated place
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