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Percy Faraday Frankland (1858–1946), Professor of Chemistry

Bernard Munns (1869–1942)

University of Birmingham

Percy Faraday Frankland (1858–1946), Professor of Chemistry

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Three-quarter-length pose gazing into the distance. Frankland replaced Henry Tilden (first Professor of Chemistry at the new University of Birmingham) in 1894, having been Professor of Chemistry at University College Dundee since 1888. He was the son of the noted chemist Edward Frankland, a leading figure in the field of organometallic chemistry.

Bernard Munns was a Birmingham-born artist who exhibited in London and Paris.

University of Birmingham

Birmingham

Title

Percy Faraday Frankland (1858–1946), Professor of Chemistry

Date

1919

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 106.7 x W 76.2 cm

Accession number

A0032

Acquisition method

commissioned by the University of Birmingham, 1919

Work type

Painting

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Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands B15 2TT England

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Bernard Munns

1869–1942

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