Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac
(1902-1984), PhysicistSitter in 3 portraits
Theoretical physicist. Dirac's relativistic theory of the electron (1928) predicted the 'positron' or positive electron, the first known form of antimatter. Joint winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics (1933).
by Ramsey & Muspratt
bromide print, 1934
NPG P363(8)
by Howard Morgan
chalk, 1980
NPG 5370
by Howard Morgan
pencil, 1980
NPG 5371
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