COLLECTION NAME:
University of Manchester History & Heritage
Record
Image Number:
JRL15040119
Reference Number:
UPC/1/135
Image Title:
Henry Moseley
Parent Work Title:
University Photographic Collection
Date Created:
[date not identified]
Description:
Henry Gwyn Jeffreys Moseley, 1887-1915: portrait photo of Moseley sat at a desk reading with a number of open books piled besides him. He was appointed as a lecturer in Physics at the University of Manchester in 1910 under Rutherford and alongside C. G. Darwin conducted research into the X-ray spectra of the elements. He was killed in 1915 during the first world war and subsequently had a memorial tablet erected in the physical laboratories of the University in commemoration of his life and work.
Keyword:
Physics; University; Manchester.
Subject:
University of Manchester
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918
Subject:
War
Subject:
Physics
Category of Material:
Archives
Sub-Category:
Portraits
Sub-Category:
Analogue photography
Support:
Paper
Item Height:
180 mm
Item Width:
230 mm
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Henry Moseley
