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Professor of Malarial Studies, University of London
Sitter in 4 portraits 
Civil servant, businessman and Turkish scholar
Sitter in 3 portraits 
Politician, Chairman of Ways and Means, professor and man of letters
Sitter in 13 portraits 
Academics and scholars
1392 People in group
1899-1976
Modern languages scholar, Tutor, Fellow and later Vice-Principal, St Hilda's College, Oxford
Sitter in 1 portrait
Modern languages scholar, Tutor, Fellow and later Vice-Principal, St Hilda's College, Oxford
Sitter in 1 portrait
Sir (Samual) Rickard Christophers
1873-1978Professor of Malarial Studies, University of London
Sitter in 4 portraits
Sir Gerard Leslie Makins Clauson
1891-1974Civil servant, businessman and Turkish scholar
Sitter in 3 portraits
1949-
Architect; Professor of Architectural Design, Royal College of Art
Sitter in 2 portraits
Architect; Professor of Architectural Design, Royal College of Art
Sitter in 2 portraits
1920-2004
Civil engineer; professor; 114th president of the Institution of Civil Engineers
Sitter in 6 portraits
Civil engineer; professor; 114th president of the Institution of Civil Engineers
Sitter in 6 portraits
1980-
Lecturer in anatomy and physiology; son of Richard Charles Cobb
Sitter in 1 portrait
Lecturer in anatomy and physiology; son of Richard Charles Cobb
Sitter in 1 portrait
1922-2003
Professor of Natural Philosophy and Professor of Physics
Sitter in 1 portrait
Professor of Natural Philosophy and Professor of Physics
Sitter in 1 portrait
1899-1980
Scholar, university teacher, writer and theatre producer
Sitter in 10 portraits
Scholar, university teacher, writer and theatre producer
Sitter in 10 portraits
1765-1837
Sanskrit scholar and founder of the Royal Asiatic Society
Sitter in 1 portrait
Sanskrit scholar and founder of the Royal Asiatic Society
Sitter in 1 portrait
1846-1920
Literary scholar and poet; son of Derwent Coleridge and grandson of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Sitter in 1 portrait
Literary scholar and poet; son of Derwent Coleridge and grandson of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Sitter in 1 portrait
Leonard Henry Courtney, 1st Baron Courtney of Penwith
1832-1918Politician, Chairman of Ways and Means, professor and man of letters
Sitter in 13 portraits
1828-1896
Physician; Regius Professor of Materia Medica, University of Glasgow
Sitter in 1 portrait
Physician; Regius Professor of Materia Medica, University of Glasgow
Sitter in 1 portrait
1906-1990
Mathematician, Professor of Applied Mathematics
Sitter associated with 2 portraits
Mathematician, Professor of Applied Mathematics
Sitter associated with 2 portraits
1959-
Poet, scholar and critic; Professor of Modern Scottish Literature and Bishop Wardlaw Professor of Poetry, School of English, University of St Andrews
Sitter in 1 portrait
Poet, scholar and critic; Professor of Modern Scottish Literature and Bishop Wardlaw Professor of Poetry, School of English, University of St Andrews
Sitter in 1 portrait
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