Credit: ©Godfrey Argent Studio
    Image number: RS.20565

    Portrait of Maurice Vincent Wilkes

    Date
    c.1956
    Sitter
    Maurice Vincent Wilkes (1913, British) , Computer scientist
    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): 100mm
    Subject
    Description
    Half-length portrait of Maurice Vincent Wilkes inclined to the left and looking left of the camera as viewed. Dressed in a grey suit, a checked tie, and a white shirt.

    Sir Maurice Vincent Wilkes (1913-2010), British computer scientist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1956. He was awarded the Society's Clifford Paterson award in 1990 and delivered the lecture on 'progress and research in the computer industry'.
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