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Sir Frank Leonard Engledow

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Sir Frank Leonard Engledow

by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1955
5 7/8 in. x 4 1/4 in. (150 mm x 109 mm) image size
Commissioned, 1955
Photographs Collection
NPG x167411

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  • Walter Stoneman (1876-1958), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 18527 portraits, Sitter in 8 portraits.

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Current affairs

Robert Anthony Eden becomes prime minister. In May 1955 Winston Churchill resigned due to ill health. His successor proved to be a similarly popular leader, winning an increased majority at the general election that year. Eden's popularity was due to a combination of his long wartime service, good looks and charm.

Art and science

Mary Quant introduces the 'Chelsea Look' with her Bazaar boutique. In the 1960s Quant was a major contributor to 'swinging London' introducing some of the seminal items of 1960s fashion: the miniskirt, hot pants, paint-box make-up and plastic raincoats.

International

West Germany joins NATO, prompting the East European Communist counties to respond by forming the Warsaw Pact. The signatories of the Warsaw Pact pledged to defend each other if any member was attacked. This development was a major event in the Cold War as it firmly established the East and West as opposing military powers.

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Rients Rozendal

16 October 2015, 11:16

Sir Frank Leonard Engledow CMG, FRS, (1890-1985) was Draper's Professor of Agriculture at the University of Cambridge (1930-1957), worked at the Plant Breeding Institute on the Cambridge University Farm on breeding varieties of wheat. He developed "Holdfast" in 1936, which was the standard for bread-making quality for 50 years onwards. He served in a large number of official advisory and other bodies. His biography is to be found in Biographical Memoirs of FRS, Vol 32 p.198 of 1986, and is written by Docter G.D.H. Bell CBE FRS.