Portrait of Harold Davenport
Date
mid 20th century
Sitter
Harold Davenport (1907 - 1969, British) , Mathematician
Creator
Walter Stoneman (1876 - 1958, British) , Photographer
Creator - Organisation
J. Russell & Sons, Photographer
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 115mm
width (print): 85mm
width (print): 85mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Harold Davenport, turned to the left as viewed, looking directly out at the camera, dressed in a white shirt and a grey suit jacket.
Harold Davenport (1907-1969), British mathematician, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1940. He was awarded the Society’s Sylvester Medal in 1967 for ‘his many distinguished contributions to the theory of numbers’.
Harold Davenport (1907-1969), British mathematician, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1940. He was awarded the Society’s Sylvester Medal in 1967 for ‘his many distinguished contributions to the theory of numbers’.
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