Credit: ©Godfrey Argent Studio
    Image number: RS.19865

    Portrait of George Edward Raven Deacon

    Date
    1946
    Sitter
    George Edward Raven Deacon (1906 - 1984) , Oceanographer
    Creator
    Walter Stoneman (1876 - 1958, British) , Photographer
    Creator - Organisation
    J. Russell & Sons, Photographer
    Object type
    Image reference
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 145mm
    width (print): 95mm
    Subject
    Description
    Half-length portrait of George Edward Raven Deacon, facing forward, dressed in a white shirt, a striped tie and a black suit jacket.

    Sir George Edward Raven Deacon (1906-1984), British oceanographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1944. He was awarded the Society’s Royal Medal in 1969 ‘In recognition of his distinguished contributions to physical oceanography and for his leadership as director of the National Institute of Oceanography’.
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