Credit: ©Godfrey Argent Studio
    Image number: RS.21301

    Portrait of Francis Harry Compton Crick

    Date
    1969
    Sitter
    Francis Harry Compton Crick (1916, British) , Molecular biologist
    Creator
    Godfrey Argent (1937 - 2006, British) , Photographer
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    Dimensions
    height (print): 215mm
    width (print): 165mm
    Subject
    Description
    Head and shoulders portrait of Francis Harry Compton Crick inclined to the left as viewed, looking out at the camera, smiling. Dressed in a white shirt, and a mid-toned tie and suit jacket.

    Verso inscription: ‘COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH BY/ GODFREY ARGENT/ 49 Queen’s Gate London, S.W.7. […]’

    Francis Harry Compton Crick (1916-2004), British molecular biologist and neuroscientist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1959. He was awarded the Society’s Croonian Award, 1966, Royal Medal, 1972, and Copley Medal, 1975.
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