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Richard Ithamar Aaron

1901-1987
Professor of Philosophy
Sitter in 1 portrait

Edwin Abbott Abbott

1838-1926
Teacher and scholar
Sitter in 3 portraits

Nigel James Abercrombie

1908-1986
Freelance writer and Professor of French
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Abercromby, 5th Baron Abercromby

1841-1924
Archaeologist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Henry Campbell Bruce, 2nd Baron Aberdare

1851-1929
Academic
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir Edward Penley Abraham

1913-1999
Biochemist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Gerald Ernest Heal Abraham

1904-1988
Musicologist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Mark Alexander Abrams (Max Alexander Abramowitz)

1906-1994
Social scientist
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Acton, 1st Baron Acton

1834-1902
Historian and moralist
Sitter in 3 portraits

Neil Kensington Adam

1891-1973
Professor of chemistry
Sitter in 4 portraits

Charles Kingsley Adams

1899-1971
Director of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter in 1 portrait | Artist associated with 4 portraits

John ('Jack') Adams

active 17th century
Professor of celestial Sciences
Sitter in 1 portrait

William George Stewart Adams

1874-1966
Political scientist and college head
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Frank Ezra Adcock

1886-1968
Historian of Greece and Rome
Sitter in 6 portraits

Walter Frederick Adeney

1849-1920
Professor of New Testament Exegesis and Church History
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Adolphus

1768-1845
Barrister and historian
Sitter in 1 portrait

Wilfred Eade Agar

1882-1951
Emeritus Professor of Zoology
Sitter in 1 portrait

Osmund Airy

1845-1928
Historian; son of Sir George Biddell Airy
Sitter in 3 portraits

James Aitchison

1899-1968
Professor of Dental Surgery
Sitter in 1 portrait

Alexander Craig Aitken

1895-1967
Professor of Mathematics
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir Robert Stevenson Aitken

1901-1997
Professor of Medicine; Vice-Chancellor of Birmingham University
Sitter in 1 portrait

Giovanni Aldini

1762-1834
Italian experimental philosopher and writer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Ulisse Aldrovandi

1522-1605
Italian naturalist, collector and writer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Jean le Rond d'Alembert

1717-1783
Encyclopaedist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Peter Alexander

died 1969
Regius Professor of English Language and Literature
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sally Alexander

1943-
Feminist activist and historian
Sitter in 1 portrait

Samuel Alexander

1859-1938
Philosopher
Sitter in 5 portraits

Henry Alford

1810-1871
Dean of Canterbury and biblical scholar
Sitter in 6 portraits

(Edward) John Gregory Alford

1890-1960
Art historian
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Archibald Alison, 1st Bt

1792-1867
Historian and lawyer
Sitter in 8 portraits

Sir Carleton Kemp Allen

1887-1966
Legal scholar; author of 'Democracy and the Individual'
Sitter in 4 portraits

Sir Geoffrey Allen

1928-
Chemist and academic
Sitter in 1 portrait

George Cyril Allen

1900-1982
Economist, Emeritus Professor of Political Economy
Sitter in 8 portraits

Herbert Stanley Allen

1873-1954
Professor of Natural Philosophy
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Allen

1771-1843
Historian and resident physician at Holland House
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Frank Allen

1908-2001
Physicist
Sitter in 4 portraits

Sir Roy George Douglas Allen

1906-1983
Professor of Statistics
Sitter in 1 portrait

Thomas Allen

1540?-1632
Mathematician and antiquary
Sitter in 1 portrait

Thomas Edward Allibone

1903-2003
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Sitter in 1 portrait

Arthur John Allmand

1885-1951
Professor of Chemistry
Sitter in 3 portraits

Gerald ('Gerry') Altmann

1960-
Psychologist; expert in the psychology of language; professor
Sitter in 1 portrait

Joseph Ames

1689-1759
Antiquary
Sitter in 3 portraits

David Colville Anderson

1916-1995
Lecturer in Scots Law, Edinburgh University and politician
Sitter in 2 portraits

Edward William Anderson

1901-1981
Professor of Psychiatry
Sitter in 2 portraits

John George Clark Anderson

1870-1952
Camden Professor of Ancient History, University of Oxford and Brasenose College Fellow
Sitter in 3 portraits

John Harold Andrew

1887-1961
Professor of Metallurgy
Sitter in 3 portraits

Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey

1614-1686
Book collector and politician; MP for Dublin City, Radnorshire and Carmarthen
Sitter in 5 portraits

Thomas Annandale

1838-1907
Professor of Surgery; writer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Alda von Anrep

died 1974
Assistant librarian at Villa i Tatti
Sitter in 1 portrait

Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe

1919-2001
Philosopher
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Anstis

1669-1744
Garter king-of-arms and heraldic writer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Herbert Douglas Anthony

1892-1968
Extra-Mural lecturer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Edmund Antrobus, 1st Bt

died 1826
Fellow of the Royal Society
Sitter in 1 portrait

Agnes Arber (née Robertson)

1879-1960
Botanist; wife of Edward Alexander Newell Arber; daughter of Henry Robert Robertson
Sitter in 2 portraits

Arthur John Arberry

1905-1969
Orientalist
Sitter in 3 portraits

Jenny Archbold

Paintings Conservator, National Portrait Gallery
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Charles Frederick Arden-Close

1865-1952
Geographer
Sitter in 10 portraits

William Joscelyn Arkell

1904-1958
Geologist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir Arthur Armitage

1916-1984
Professor of Common Law, Vice-Chancellor, Victoria University of Manchester and President of Queens' College, Cambridge
Sitter in 1 portrait

Edward Armstrong

1846-1928
Historian and teacher
Sitter in 1 portrait