Portrait of George Porter
Date
c.1970
Sitter
George Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham (1920 - 2002, British) , Chemist
Creator
Godfrey Argent (1937 - 2006, British) , Photographer
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Material
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Dimensions
height (print): 205mm
width (print): 155mm
width (print): 155mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of George Porter, inclined and looking left as viewed, holding a tobacco pipe to his mouth. Wearing a grey suit and tie, and white shirt.
Verso inscription: ‘Copyright:/ Photograph/by/ GODFREY ARGENT. 49 QUEENS GATE,/ KNIGHTSBRIDGE, S.W.7. […] Recd 7.10.70.’
George Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham (1920-2002), British chemist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1960 and served as its President between 1985-1990. He was awarded the Society’s Copley Medal, 1992, Davy Medal, 1971, Rumford Medal, 1978, Michael Faraday Award, 1991, Bakerian Award, 1977, Humphry Davy and Claude Bernard Award, 1985. He was also joint recipient with Manfred Eigen (1927-2019) and Ronald Norrish (1897-1978) of the Noble Prize (Chemistry) in 1967 for ‘their studies of ex-tremely fast chemical reactions, effected by disturbing the equilibrium by means of very short pulses of energy’.
Verso inscription: ‘Copyright:/ Photograph/by/ GODFREY ARGENT. 49 QUEENS GATE,/ KNIGHTSBRIDGE, S.W.7. […] Recd 7.10.70.’
George Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham (1920-2002), British chemist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1960 and served as its President between 1985-1990. He was awarded the Society’s Copley Medal, 1992, Davy Medal, 1971, Rumford Medal, 1978, Michael Faraday Award, 1991, Bakerian Award, 1977, Humphry Davy and Claude Bernard Award, 1985. He was also joint recipient with Manfred Eigen (1927-2019) and Ronald Norrish (1897-1978) of the Noble Prize (Chemistry) in 1967 for ‘their studies of ex-tremely fast chemical reactions, effected by disturbing the equilibrium by means of very short pulses of energy’.
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