Portrait of Patrick Maynard Blackett
Date
mid 20th century
Sitter
Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, Baron Blackett of Chelsea (1897 - 1974, British) , Physicist
Creator
Walter Stoneman (1876 - 1958, British) , Photographer
Creator - Organisation
J. Russell & Sons, Photographer
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Dimensions
height (print): 140mm
width (print): 100mm
width (print): 100mm
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Description
Half-length portrait of Patrick Maynard Blackett, turned to the right as viewed, dressed in a white shirt, a grey tie and suit jacket, with his arms crossed over his chest.
Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, Baron Blackett (1897- 1974), British physicist and government and military adviser, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1933, and served as its President between 1965 and 1970. He was awarded the Society’s Royal Medal, 1940, Copley Medal, 1956, and was awarded the Nobel Prize (Physics) in 1948 ‘for his development of the Wilson cloud chamber method, and his discoveries therewith in the fields of nuclear physics and cosmic radiation’.
Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, Baron Blackett (1897- 1974), British physicist and government and military adviser, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1933, and served as its President between 1965 and 1970. He was awarded the Society’s Royal Medal, 1940, Copley Medal, 1956, and was awarded the Nobel Prize (Physics) in 1948 ‘for his development of the Wilson cloud chamber method, and his discoveries therewith in the fields of nuclear physics and cosmic radiation’.
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