Frederick Sanger; Theodore Friedmann

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© Anita Corbin and John O'Grady

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Frederick Sanger; Theodore Friedmann

by Anita Corbin and John O'Grady
chromogenic print, 1989
13 7/8 in. x 17 1/2 in. (353 mm x 443 mm) image size
Purchased with help from Professor Ludmilla Jordanova, 2008
Photographs Collection
NPG x133056

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  • Theodore Friedmann (1935-), Gene therapist, biomedical ethicist and professor of pediatrics. Sitter in 1 portrait.
  • Frederick Sanger (1918-2013), Biochemist. Sitter in 6 portraits.

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Current affairs

96 people are crushed to death at the Hillsborough football stadium in Sheffield. The accident took place when Liverpool fans were all let into the stadium at once. Incoming crowds crushed people against a fence used to prevent pitch-invasions. Following the Taylor Report into the incident standing terraces and fences between fans and pitch were banned.

Art and science

Following the publication of Anglo-Indian writer Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses in 1988, the leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, announces that the book is 'blasphemous against Islam' and places a fatwah (death sentence) on Rushdie, who is forced into hiding for several years.

International

The Berlin Wall is dismantled, reunifying East and West Germany and symbolising the end of the Cold War. Following a decision to allow East Berliners to cross the border with valid visas, crowds swarmed the border crossings. Guards soon gave up trying to stop them, and the physical dismantlement of the wall soon began.
Approximately 2,000 Chinese demonstrators are massacred in Tiananmen Square while protesting against the government.

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Theodore Friedmann, MD

09 July 2018, 17:41

The wonderful portrait of Frederick Sanger captures his ironic sense of humor and his amusement of the attention being paid to him. The figure in the background seems to be me, working in the Sanger laboratory during a sabbatical year. Given the nature of the company I'm keeping, it's the best picture ever taken of me.