Portrait of Michael Ellis Fisher
Date
Ca.1971
Sitter
Michael Ellis Fisher (1931, British) , Theoretical physicist
Creator
Godfrey Argent (1937 - 2006, British) , Photographer
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Dimensions
height (print): 205mm
width (print): 155mm
width (print): 155mm
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Description
Half-length portrait of Michael Ellis Fisher looking off to viewers left with arms folded in front of him. He wears wire-rimmed spectacles and is dressed in a tweed jacket with shirt and tie.
Signed ‘Argent’ lower left-hand corner. Inscribed on verso ‘Prof. M.E. FISHER FRS. FISHER, MICHAEL ELLIS, F.R.S. 1971. Box 3. Rec’d 14.7.71.’ Stamped ‘The Royal Society of London. COPYRIGHT Photograph by GODFREY ARGENT, 49 QUEENS GATE, KNIGHTSBRIDGE. S.W.7. Telephone: 01. 584. 0269 & 5431. The Reference No. of this print is GRS 5895/D.’
Michael Ellis Fisher, British theoretical physicist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1971 and served on its Council between 1993 and 1995. He was awarded the Royal Medal in 2005 "In recognition of his seminal contributions to wetting transitions, dislocation melting and criticality of ionic solutions and many other topics in Statistical Mechanics.' He also gave the Bakerian Lecture in 1979 on 'Multicritical points in magnets and fluids: a review of some novel states of matter'.
Signed ‘Argent’ lower left-hand corner. Inscribed on verso ‘Prof. M.E. FISHER FRS. FISHER, MICHAEL ELLIS, F.R.S. 1971. Box 3. Rec’d 14.7.71.’ Stamped ‘The Royal Society of London. COPYRIGHT Photograph by GODFREY ARGENT, 49 QUEENS GATE, KNIGHTSBRIDGE. S.W.7. Telephone: 01. 584. 0269 & 5431. The Reference No. of this print is GRS 5895/D.’
Michael Ellis Fisher, British theoretical physicist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1971 and served on its Council between 1993 and 1995. He was awarded the Royal Medal in 2005 "In recognition of his seminal contributions to wetting transitions, dislocation melting and criticality of ionic solutions and many other topics in Statistical Mechanics.' He also gave the Bakerian Lecture in 1979 on 'Multicritical points in magnets and fluids: a review of some novel states of matter'.
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