Portrait of John Bertrand Gurdon
Date
Ca.1972
Sitter
John Bertrand Gurdon (1933 - 2025, British) , Developmental biologist
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
Head and shoulders portrait of John Bertrand Gurdon facing forward and looking off to the viewers left. He is dressed in a suit jacket, white shirt and silk tie.
Signed ‘Argent’ front mount, lower left-hand side. Inscribed verso ‘ Dr. J. B. GURDON FRS. GURDON, John Bertrand FRS. 1972. Box 3. Received May 1972.’ 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 6008/E.’
Sir John Bertrand Gurdon, British developmental biologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1971. He served on the Council from 1980 -1982 and from 1993-1995. He was awarded the Royal Medal in 1985 ‘for his outstanding contributions to the techniques of nuclear transplantation and the use of the amphibian egg for investigations on replication, transcription and translation of genes.’ He was also awarded the Copley Medal in 2003 ‘for his unique range of groundbreaking discoveries in the fields of cell and developmental biology...’ He gave the Croonian Lecture in 1976, the Florey Lecture in 1988 and the Rutherford Memorial in 1996.
205 x 155 mm
Signed ‘Argent’ front mount, lower left-hand side. Inscribed verso ‘ Dr. J. B. GURDON FRS. GURDON, John Bertrand FRS. 1972. Box 3. Received May 1972.’ 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 6008/E.’
Sir John Bertrand Gurdon, British developmental biologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1971. He served on the Council from 1980 -1982 and from 1993-1995. He was awarded the Royal Medal in 1985 ‘for his outstanding contributions to the techniques of nuclear transplantation and the use of the amphibian egg for investigations on replication, transcription and translation of genes.’ He was also awarded the Copley Medal in 2003 ‘for his unique range of groundbreaking discoveries in the fields of cell and developmental biology...’ He gave the Croonian Lecture in 1976, the Florey Lecture in 1988 and the Rutherford Memorial in 1996.
205 x 155 mm
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