Portrait of George Porter
Date
1984
Sitter
George Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham (1920 - 2002, British) , Chemist
Creator
Unknown, Photographer
Creator - Organisation
Godfrey Argent Studio, Photographer
Object type
Image reference
Material
Dimensions
height (print): 205mm
width (print): 155mm
width (print): 155mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of George Porter looking out to viewer. He wears a dark tweed suit jacket, white shirt and tie.
Inscribed on the reverse ‘Box 3 .SIR GEORGE PORTER FRS. SGRS 8349/5.’
Stamped ‘COPYRIGHT GODFREY ARGENT STUDIO, 12 HOLLAND ST. LONDON W8 4LT. TEL: 937 0441, 937 4008.’
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 extremely fast chemical reactions, effected by disturbing the equilibrium by means of very short pulses of energy’.
Inscribed on the reverse ‘Box 3 .SIR GEORGE PORTER FRS. SGRS 8349/5.’
Stamped ‘COPYRIGHT GODFREY ARGENT STUDIO, 12 HOLLAND ST. LONDON W8 4LT. TEL: 937 0441, 937 4008.’
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 extremely fast chemical reactions, effected by disturbing the equilibrium by means of very short pulses of energy’.
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