How you can use this image
This image can be used for non-commercial research or private study purposes, and other UK exceptions to copyright permitted to users based in the United Kingdom under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. Any other type of use will need to be cleared with the rights holder(s).
Review the copyright credit lines that are located underneath the image, as these indicate who manages the copyright (©) within the artwork, and the photographic rights within the image.
The collection that owns the artwork may have more information on their own website about permitted uses and image licensing options.
Review our guidance pages which explain how you can reuse images, how to credit an image and how to find images in the public domain or with a Creative Commons licence available.
Notes
Add or edit a note on this artwork that only you can see. You can find notes again by going to the ‘Notes’ section of your account.
Arthur Vick was educated at Waverley Grammar School, Birmingham and Birmingham University. From 1936 to 1944 he lectured in physics at University College, London and from 1939 to 1944 was also assistant director of the Ministry of Supply. In 1945 he received the OBE. He lectured in physics at Manchester University (1944–1950) and was professor of physics at the University of North Staffordshire (1950–1959). Between 1959 and 1964 he was deputy director and then director of the Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell and from 1964 to 1966, was member for research at the Institute of Physics. From 1966 to 1976, he was vice-chancellor of Queen’s. He received a knighthood in 1973. In 1977 he became pro-chancellor of the University of Warwick. He served on numerous academic and advisory committees and received honorary doctorates from Belfast, Birmingham, Dublin, Keele, Kent and the National University of Ireland.
Queen's University Belfast
Belfast
Title
Sir Arthur Vick (1911–1998)
Date
1976
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 91.5 x W 71.1 cm
Accession number
QUB 58
Acquisition method
gift, 1976
Work type
Painting
Inscription description
Michael Noakes 1976 ('completed August 1976' on reverse)
Queen's University Belfast
University Road, Belfast, County Antrim BT7 1NN Northern Ireland
-
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (1926–2022) Manchester Town Hall -
Sir Derek Burdick Greenaway (1910–1994), Bt, CBE, TD, JP, DL Stationers' Hall -
Keith Broadwell Griffin (b.1938), Fellow (1965–1979), President (1979–1988) Magdalen College, University of Oxford -
Barbara Craig, Principal (1967–1980) Somerville College, University of Oxford -
Professor Sir Martin Roth, President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (1971–1975) Royal College of Psychiatrists -
Henry Harris, Professor of Pathology (1963–1979), Regius Professor of Medicine (1979–1992), Head of Sir William Dunn School of Pathology (1963–1993) The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford -
Sir John Hackett (1910–1997), Principal (1968–1975) King's College London - 64 more