Credit: ©Godfrey Argent Studio
    Image number: RS.21909

    Portrait of John Shipley Rowlinson

    Date
    1970
    Sitter
    John Shipley Rowlinson (1926 - 2018, British) , Physical chemist
    Creator
    Godfrey Argent (1937 - 2006, British) , Photographer
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    Dimensions
    height (print): 207mm
    width (print): 155mm
    Subject
    Description
    Head and shoulders portrait of John Shipley Rowlinson inclined to the right and looking directly to viewer through clear full framed spectacles. He is dressed in a mid-tone suit jacket with stripy shirt and dark tie.

    Inscribed verso ‘ROWLINSON, JOHN SHIPLEY F.R.S. 1970. Box 3. Prof J. S. Rowlinson. 7.10.70.’ Stamped ‘The Royal Society of London’ and ‘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 5654/B.’

    Sir John Shipley Rowlinson (1926-2018) British physical chemist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1970 and served on its Council between 1994 and 1999. He was awarded the Leverhulme Medal in 1993 for his contributions to thermodynamics, in particular to an understanding of the physical chemistry of gas-liquid interfaces and surfaces.
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