Credit: ©Godfrey Argent Studio
    Image number: RS.21668

    Portrait of William George Hill

    Date
    1986
    Sitter
    William George Hill (1940 - 2021, British) , Geneticist
    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 George Hill looking directly to viewer. He wears thick rimmed spectacles and is dressed in a dark pin-striped suite with shirt and tie.

    Signed by the artist studio on the front mount and inscribed on the reverse ‘PROFESSOR W. G. HILL F.R.S. 1985, 86 SGRS 8451/10.’

    Stamped ‘COPYRIGHT GODFREY ARGENT STUDIO, 12 HOLLAND ST. LONDON W8 4LT. TEL: 937 0441, 937 4008.’

    William George Hill (1940-2021), British geneticist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1985 and served on its Council from 1993 to 1994. He was awarded the Darwin Medal in 2018 for contributions to our understanding of the genetics of quantitative traits and response to selection.

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