George Edward Briggs

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George Edward Briggs

by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, June 1936
6 1/2 in. x 4 3/4 in. (166 mm x 122 mm)
Commissioned, 1936
Photographs Collection
NPG x165517

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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

Following the death of his father George V, Edward succeeds to the throne as King Edward VIII, but chooses to abdicate in order to marry the American divorcee, Wallis Simpson. Edward was the only monarch every to voluntarily relinquish the throne.

Art and science

The Spitfire, designed by Reginald Mitchell, has its maiden flight. The RAF and other allied forces used the plane extensively and to great effect during the Second World War.
Television broadcasting begins. Although the BBC had been transmitting television since 1930, regular service did not begin until 1936, when the 'BBC Television Service' (now BBC One) was broadcast from Alexandra Palace.

International

The Spanish Civil War begins. Nationalists, led by General Francisco Franco, and supported by Italian and German fascist governments, rebelled against the Second Spanish Republic. The conflict lasted until 1939, and anticipated many of the features of the Second World War: fighting between Communists and Fascists, the rise of nationalism and the use of terror tactics against civilians.

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Dr. Adrian E. Hill

27 January 2019, 14:13

PROF. G. E. BRIGGS will succeed Prof. Brooks as professor of Botany. He will be the ninth holder of the chair, which was founded in 1724, and the first plant physiologist to be appointed to it. His researches on photosynthesis and growth have brought him a world-wide reputation as a clever experimenter and a critical and original thinker. A pupil of F. F. Blackman, he has been head of the Sub-department of Plant Physiology in the Botany School since 1937, and was raised to the rank of professor in 1946. He is a man of wide interests, distinguished as a teacher, and he has had considerable administrative experience in the University and as a fellow and officer of St. John‘s College.
He lived in a house he had built at 12 Luard Road, Cambridge.