Credit: ©Godfrey Argent Studio
    Image number: RS.20910

    Portrait of William Hunter McCrea

    Date
    c.1950s
    Sitter
    William Hunter McCrea (1904 - 1999, British) , Astronomer, Astrophysicist
    Creator
    Walter Bird (1903 - 1969, British) , Photographer
    Object type
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    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 205mm
    width (print): 155mm
    Subject
    Description
    Head and shoulders portrait of William Hunter McCrea, inclined to the right as viewed, dressed in a black suit and tie and white shirt.

    Inscribed with the photographer’s signature in lower left-hand corner.

    William Hunter McCrea (1904-1999), British astrophysicist and relativist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1952 and served on its Council between 1954-1955.
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