Portrait of Harold Spencer Jones
Date
1943
Sitter
Harold Spencer Jones (1890 - 1960, British) , Astronomer, Astronomer
Creator
Walter Stoneman (1876 - 1958, British) , Photographer
Creator - Organisation
J. Russell & Sons, Photographer
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Material
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Dimensions
height (print): 130mm
width (print): 95mm
width (print): 95mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Harold Spencer Jones, turned to the left as viewed, dressed in a grey suit and tie and a white shirt.
Sir Harold Spencer Jones (1890-1960), British astronomer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1930. He was awarded the Society’s Royal Medal in 1943 for ‘his determination of the solar parallax and other fundamental astronomical constants’.
Sir Harold Spencer Jones (1890-1960), British astronomer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1930. He was awarded the Society’s Royal Medal in 1943 for ‘his determination of the solar parallax and other fundamental astronomical constants’.
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