Scientists

Sir (Ernest) Gordon Cox

1906-1996
Physicist; pioneer of X-ray crystallography and Secretary of the Agricultural Research Council; son of Ernest Henry Cox
Sitter in 2 portraits

Henry Tracey Coxwell

1819-1900
Balloonist and meteorologist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Lionel Vivian Crawford

1932-
Scientist; cancer expert and Principal Scientist, Imperial Cancer Research Fund Tumour Virus Group
Sitter in 1 portrait

Francis Harry Compton Crick

1916-2004
Molecular biologist
Sitter in 10 portraits

Sir Frank Crisp, 1st Bt

1843-1919
Lawyer and officer of the Royal Microscopical Society
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir William Crookes

1832-1919
Chemist and science journalist
Sitter in 8 portraits

Sir Alwyn Douglas Crow

1894-1965
Physicist
Sitter in 4 portraits

Winifred Clara Cullis

1875-1956
Physiologist
Sitter in 13 portraits

Marie Curie

1867-1934
Physicist and chemist; Nobel Prize winner
Sitter in 2 portraits

Pierre Curie

1859-1906
Physicist
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Curtis

1746-1799
Botanist and entomologist
Sitter in 8 portraits

Sir Henry Hallett Dale

1875-1968
Physiologist and pharmacologist
Sitter associated with 27 portraits

John Dalton

1766-1844
Chemist and natural philosopher
Sitter in 15 portraits

Sir Charles Galton Darwin

1887-1962
Physicist; Director of the National Physical Laboratory
Sitter in 26 portraits

John Frank Davidson

1926-2019
Chemical engineer
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Davies

circa 1806-1850
Scientist; lecturer in Chemistry at Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society
Sitter in 1 portrait

Dame Kay Davies

1951-
Geneticist; Dr Lee's Professor of Anatomy, University of Oxford
Sitter in 1 portrait

Richard Dawkins

1941-
Zoologist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir William Boyd Dawkins

1837-1929
Geologist, palaeontologist and antiquary
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir George Edward Raven Deacon

1906-1984
Oceanographer; Director of National Institute of Oceanography
Sitter in 4 portraits

Jean-André de Luc (Deluc)

1763-1847
Swiss geologist and meteorologist
Sitter associated with 2 portraits

Sir James Dewar

1842-1923
Chemist
Sitter in 5 portraits

Sir Kenelm Digby

1603-1665
Naval commander, diplomat and scientist
Sitter in 24 portraits

Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac

1902-1984
Physicist
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir Richard Doll

1912-2005
Physiologist, epidemiologist and cancer specialist
Sitter in 5 portraits

Dame Athene Donald

1953-
Physicist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Hilary Downes

Professor of Geochemistry/ Igneous Petrology
Sitter in 1 portrait

Jonas Carlsson Dryander

1748-1810
Botanist and librarian of the Royal Society
Sitter in 2 portraits

Jean Baptiste Andre Dumas

1800-1884
Chemist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Archibald Cochrane, 9th Earl of Dundonald

1749-1831
Chemist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Gerald Durrell

1925-1995
Zoologist and writer
Sitter in 8 portraits

Petrus Johann du Toit

1888-1967
Veterinarian and President South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
Sitter associated with 2 portraits

Sir Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton

1886-1959
Chemist
Sitter in 9 portraits

Sir Martin John Evans

1941-
Director, Cardiff School of Biosciences, and Professor of Mammalian Genetics, University of Cardiff
Sitter in 2 portraits

Denise Everett

1965-
Embryologist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Wilhelm Siegmund Feldberg

1900-1993
Pharmacologist and physiologist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir Paul Fildes

1882-1971
Microbiologist; son of Sir Luke Fildes
Sitter in 3 portraits

Alexander Fleck, Baron Fleck

1889-1968
Chemist and industrialist; Fellow of the Royal Society
Sitter in 10 portraits

Sir Alexander Fleming

1881-1955
Bacteriologist and discoverer of penicillin
Sitter in 24 portraits

Charles Montague Fletcher

1911-1996
Epidemiologist and Professor of clinical epidemiology
Sitter in 1 portrait