Joseph Needham
(1900-1995), Scientist and sinologistSitter in 8 portraits
Biochemist and historian of science; Needham became interested in China and was a supporter of the Chinese communist revolution, producing the 12-volume Science and Civilization in China (1954-84); first director of the Natural Science Department of UNESCO (1946-8).
by Ramsey & Muspratt
bromide print, 1937
NPG P363(17)
Dorothy Mary Moyle Needham (née Moyle); Joseph Needham
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, March 1949
NPG x96752
Dorothy Mary Moyle Needham (née Moyle); Joseph Needham
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, March 1949
NPG x96753
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, March 1949
NPG x186814
by Henryk Gotlib
pencil, circa 1939-1945
NPG D13597
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