Sir Isaiah Berlin
© Noel Chanan
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Sir Isaiah Berlin
by Noel Chanan
digital colour print from original transparency, 1971
11 in. x 7 5/8 in. (278 mm x 194 mm)
Given by Noel Chanan, 2002
Photographs Collection
NPG x125271
Sitterback to top
- Sir Isaiah Berlin (1909-1997), Philosopher and political theorist. Sitter in 11 portraits.
Placesback to top
- Place made and portrayed: United Kingdom: England, Oxfordshire (sitter's study, Headington House, Oxford)
Events of 1971back to top
Current affairs
The United Kingdom changes to the Decimal System for currency, getting rid of shillings, and guineas and simplifying the denomination of pounds into 100 pence. This brought the British pound sterling in line with other currencies and made computer calculation easier.Art and science
Michael Caine stars in the filmGet Carter, a British crime classic about a man who sets out to get bloody revenge on the gangsters that killed his brother.International
The Immigration Act consolidated previous legislation in order to limit immigration, by requiring applicants to hold a work permit and introduced the concept of right of abode.In Uganda, Idi Amin overthrows President Milton Obote and becomes dictator.
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