Portrait of Robert McCredie May
Date
1985
Sitter
Lord Robert McCredie May of Oxford (Australian) , Biologist
Creator
Unknown, Photographer
Creator - Organisation
Godfrey Argent Studio, Photographer
Object type
Image reference
Material
Dimensions
height (print): 190mm
width (print): 155mm
width (print): 155mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Robert McCredie May, Baron May of Oxford, facing viewer and smiling. He wears a light suit jacket with white shirt and striped tie.
Signed by the artist on the front mount and inscribed on the reverse ‘Box 3. PROFESSOR ROBERT M. MAY F.R.S. 1979, 85 SGRS 8427/9.’
Stamped ‘COPYRIGHT GODFREY ARGENT STUDIO, 12 HOLLAND ST. LONDON W8 4LT. TEL: 937 0441, 937 4008.’
Robert McCredie May, Baron May of Oxford (1936-2020), Australian biologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1979 and served as its President from 2000-2005. He was awarded the Copley Medal in 2007 ‘for his seminal studies of interactions within and among biological populations that have reshaped our understanding of how species, communities and entire ecosystems respond to natural or human created disturbance.’ He gave the Croonian Lecture in 1985 titled ‘When two and two do not make four: nonlinear phenomena in ecology.’ He also gave the Blackett Memorial in 2002.
Signed by the artist on the front mount and inscribed on the reverse ‘Box 3. PROFESSOR ROBERT M. MAY F.R.S. 1979, 85 SGRS 8427/9.’
Stamped ‘COPYRIGHT GODFREY ARGENT STUDIO, 12 HOLLAND ST. LONDON W8 4LT. TEL: 937 0441, 937 4008.’
Robert McCredie May, Baron May of Oxford (1936-2020), Australian biologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1979 and served as its President from 2000-2005. He was awarded the Copley Medal in 2007 ‘for his seminal studies of interactions within and among biological populations that have reshaped our understanding of how species, communities and entire ecosystems respond to natural or human created disturbance.’ He gave the Croonian Lecture in 1985 titled ‘When two and two do not make four: nonlinear phenomena in ecology.’ He also gave the Blackett Memorial in 2002.
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