Officers of the Royal Society
Date
1986
Sitter
David Cecil Smith (1930 - 2018, British) , Botanist
Roger James Elliott (1928 - 2018, British) , Theoretical physicist
George Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham (1920 - 2002, British) , Chemist
Basil John Mason (1923 - 2015) , Physicist
Arnold Stanley Vincent Burgen (1922 - 2022, British) , Physician
Roger James Elliott (1928 - 2018, British) , Theoretical physicist
George Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham (1920 - 2002, British) , Chemist
Basil John Mason (1923 - 2015) , Physicist
Arnold Stanley Vincent Burgen (1922 - 2022, British) , Physician
Creator
Unknown, Photographer
Creator - Organisation
Godfrey Argent Studio, Photographer
Object type
Image reference
Material
Dimensions
height (print): 245mm
width (print): 190mm
width (print): 190mm
Subject
Description
Formal group portrait of Officers of the Royal Society taken in the library at Carlton House Terrace.
Including, back row: David Cecil Smith and Roger Elliott. Seated in front row: Basil John Mason, George Porter and Arnold Stanley Vincent Burgen.
Signed by the artist studio on the front mount and inscribed on the reverse ‘SGA 12020/10.’
Labelled ‘Officers 1986, SIR JOHN MASON, Treasurer, SIR DAVID SMITH Biological Secretary, SIR GEORGE PORTER President, PROFESSOR R. J. ELLIOTT Physical Secretary, SIR ARNOLD BURGEN Foreign Secretary.’
Stamped ‘COPYRIGHT GODFREY ARGENT STUDIO, 12 HOLLAND ST. LONDON W8 4LT. TEL: 937 0441, 937 4008.’
Sir David Cecil Smith (1930-2018), British botanist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1975 he served on its Council as Vice President between 1978 to 1980 and was Biological Secretary and Vice President between 1983 to 1987.
Sir Roger James Elliott (1928-2018), British theoretical physicist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1976 and served on its Council from 1983 to 1988 and was Physical Secretary and Vice President between 1984-1988. He presented the Rutherford Memorial Lecture in 1985 and the Blackett Memorial in 1988.
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’.
Sir Basil John Mason (1923-2015), British physicist and meteorologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1965 and served as its Treasurer between 1976-1986. He was awarded the Society’s Rutherford Award, 1990, and Royal Medal, 1991.
Sir Arnold Stanley Vincent Burgen (1922-2022), British physician and pharmacologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1964 and served on its Council from 1972 to 1973 and 1980 to 1986, working as Foreign Secretary between 1981 and 1986.’ He presented the Florey Lecture in 1984 on Order and disorder: targets for drug action.
Including, back row: David Cecil Smith and Roger Elliott. Seated in front row: Basil John Mason, George Porter and Arnold Stanley Vincent Burgen.
Signed by the artist studio on the front mount and inscribed on the reverse ‘SGA 12020/10.’
Labelled ‘Officers 1986, SIR JOHN MASON, Treasurer, SIR DAVID SMITH Biological Secretary, SIR GEORGE PORTER President, PROFESSOR R. J. ELLIOTT Physical Secretary, SIR ARNOLD BURGEN Foreign Secretary.’
Stamped ‘COPYRIGHT GODFREY ARGENT STUDIO, 12 HOLLAND ST. LONDON W8 4LT. TEL: 937 0441, 937 4008.’
Sir David Cecil Smith (1930-2018), British botanist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1975 he served on its Council as Vice President between 1978 to 1980 and was Biological Secretary and Vice President between 1983 to 1987.
Sir Roger James Elliott (1928-2018), British theoretical physicist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1976 and served on its Council from 1983 to 1988 and was Physical Secretary and Vice President between 1984-1988. He presented the Rutherford Memorial Lecture in 1985 and the Blackett Memorial in 1988.
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’.
Sir Basil John Mason (1923-2015), British physicist and meteorologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1965 and served as its Treasurer between 1976-1986. He was awarded the Society’s Rutherford Award, 1990, and Royal Medal, 1991.
Sir Arnold Stanley Vincent Burgen (1922-2022), British physician and pharmacologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1964 and served on its Council from 1972 to 1973 and 1980 to 1986, working as Foreign Secretary between 1981 and 1986.’ He presented the Florey Lecture in 1984 on Order and disorder: targets for drug action.
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