Portrait of John Henry Corner
Date
mid 20th century
Sitter
Edred John Henry Corner (1906 - 1996, British) , Botanist
Creator
Walter Stoneman (1876 - 1958, British) , Photographer
Creator - Organisation
J. Russell & Sons, Photographer
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 150mm
width (print): 100mm
width (print): 100mm
Subject
Description
Seated portrait of John Henry Corner, holding a book, looking left of the camera, dressed in a white shirt and a black pin- striped suit.
(Edred) John Henry Corner (1906-1966), British botanist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1955. He was awarded the Society’s Darwin Medal in 1960 ‘In recognition of his distinguished and strikingly original botanical work in tropical forests’.
(Edred) John Henry Corner (1906-1966), British botanist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1955. He was awarded the Society’s Darwin Medal in 1960 ‘In recognition of his distinguished and strikingly original botanical work in tropical forests’.
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