Credit: ©Godfrey Argent Studio
    Image number: RS.19762

    Portrait of William Ernest Burcham

    Date
    mid 20th century
    Sitter
    William Ernest Burcham (1913 - 2008, British) , Nuclear physicist
    Creator - Organisation
    J. Russell & Sons, Photographer
    Object type
    Image reference
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 150mm
    width (print): 110mm
    height (mount): 200mm
    width (print): 140 mm
    Subject
    Description
    Half-length portrait of William Ernest Burcham, turned to the right as viewed and looking to the right of the viewer. He wears a grey suit jacket over a white shirt and a polka dot tie.

    Handwritten verso inscription: ‘BURCHAM, WILLIAM ERNEST F.R.S. 1957
    5206A Recd 11.3.58'
    Stamped verso inscription: 'PHOTO BY J. RUSSELL & SONS, 11 THAYER STREET, MANCHESTER SQUARE, LONDON, W.1. WEL. 1232.'

    William Ernest Burcham (1913-2008), British experimental nuclear physicist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1957, served on its Council from 1977 to 1979, and was awarded the Rutherford Memorial Lecture in 1983.
    Associated place
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