Portrait of Sir Paul Nurse
Date
2010
Sitter
Sir Paul Maxime Nurse (British) , Geneticist
Creator
Anne-Katrin Purkiss (1959, British/German) , Photographer
Object type
Subject
Description
Photograph of Sir Paul Nurse in the library at the Royal Society, London, UK, June 2010. Sir Paul is seen standing between two Royal Society portraits, on his left Founder Fellow Robert Boyle (1627-1691) and on his right, former President Isaac Newton (1642-1727).
Sir Paul is the current President of the Royal Society, he was elected a Fellow in 1989. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 2001 with Leland H. Hartwell and Sir Tim Hunt.
Sir Paul is the current President of the Royal Society, he was elected a Fellow in 1989. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 2001 with Leland H. Hartwell and Sir Tim Hunt.
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