Portrait of Maurice Vincent Wilkes
Date
ca.1973
Sitter
Maurice Vincent Wilkes (1913, British) , Computer scientist
Creator
Godfrey Argent (1937 - 2006, British) , Photographer
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 205mm
width (print): 155mm
width (print): 155mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Maurice Vincent Wilkes seated to the left with arms folded across his waist he looks out to viewer through dark framed spectacles. He wears a watch on his left wrist and is dressed in a mid-tone suit jacket, white shirt and patterned tie.
Signed ‘Argent’ lower left-hand corner, front mount. Inscribed verso ‘WILKES, Maurice Vincent F.R.S. 1956. Box 3(2). Received Dec. 1973. ‘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 6298/G.’
Sir Maurice Vincent Wilkes (1913-2010), British computer scientist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1956. He was awarded the Society's Clifford Paterson award in 1990 and delivered the lecture on 'progress and research in the computer industry'.
Signed ‘Argent’ lower left-hand corner, front mount. Inscribed verso ‘WILKES, Maurice Vincent F.R.S. 1956. Box 3(2). Received Dec. 1973. ‘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 6298/G.’
Sir Maurice Vincent Wilkes (1913-2010), British computer scientist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1956. He was awarded the Society's Clifford Paterson award in 1990 and delivered the lecture on 'progress and research in the computer industry'.
Object history
Use in Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. Biogr. Mems Fell. R. Soc. (2014) 60 (1): 433–454 .
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