Sir Robert Robinson
(1886-1975), Organic chemistSitter in 8 portraits
Robinson's extensive research in organic chemistry included contributions on natural colouring matters, alkaloids, steroids and synthetic oestrogens and helped to lay the foundations of the modern electronic theory of organic chemical reactions. He won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1947.
by Wolfgang Suschitzky
gelatin silver print, 1944
NPG P562
by Alfred Kingsley Lawrence
oil on canvas, circa 1950
NPG 5112
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 11 May 1933
NPG x21929
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 1960-1975
NPG x22074
by Walter Bird
bromide print, 12 February 1963
NPG x167168
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, November 1945
NPG x187613
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, November 1945
NPG x187614
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, November 1945
NPG x187615
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