Portrait of Roger Parsons
Date
1982
Sitter
Roger Parsons (1926 - 2017, British) , Chemist
Creator
Godfrey Argent (1937 - 2006, British) , Photographer
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Dimensions
height (print): 200mm
width (print): 150mm
width (print): 150mm
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Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Roger Parsons full face and looking out to viewer. He is dressed in a mid-tone suit jacket with a checked shirt and academic tie.
Roger Parsons (1926-2017), British electrochemist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1980. He was awarded the Davy Medal in 2003 for ‘his distinguished career in electochemistry. [sic] He developed the method of preparing, for the first time, clean and well-defined metal surfaces and putting them into contact with the electrolyte without contamination.’
Roger Parsons (1926-2017), British electrochemist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1980. He was awarded the Davy Medal in 2003 for ‘his distinguished career in electochemistry. [sic] He developed the method of preparing, for the first time, clean and well-defined metal surfaces and putting them into contact with the electrolyte without contamination.’
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