Credit: ©Godfrey Argent Studio
    Image number: RS.21626

    Portrait of William Rede Hawthorne

    Date
    1985
    Sitter
    William Rede Hawthorne (1913 - 2011, British) , Engineer
    Creator
    Unknown, Photographer
    Creator - Organisation
    Godfrey Argent Studio, Photographer
    Object type
    Image reference
    Material
    Dimensions
    height (print): 200mm
    width (print): 150mm
    Subject
    Description
    Head and shoulders portrait of William Rede Hawthorne looking slightly off camera to the right as viewed. He is wearing dark rimmed spectacles and is dressed in a dark suit jacket, striped shirt and tie.

    Signed by the artist on the front mount and inscribed on the reverse ‘Box 3(2). PROF SIR WILLIAM HAWTHORNE F.R.S. 85 SGRS 8381/1 Rec’d 3/IV/85.’

    Stamped ‘COPYRIGHT GODFREY ARGENT STUDIO, 12 HOLLAND ST. LONDON W8 4LT. TEL: 937 0441, 937 4008.’ and ‘The Royal Society of London.’

    Sir William Rede Hawthorne (1913-2011), British engineer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1955 and served on the Council between 1968 and 1981. He was awarded the Royal Medal in 1982 in recognition of his outstanding contributions to engineering thermodynamics and fluid mechanics, and particularly the internal aerodynamics of turbomachines.

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