This image may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by the Science History Institute of any product, service or activity, or to concur with a
This image may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by the Science History Institute of any product, service or activity, or to concur with an opinion or confirm the accuracy of any text appearing alongside or in logical association with the image. George Downing Liveing (1827-1924), British chemist. Liveing studied at St John's College, at the University of Cambridge. He went on to become a Fellow of the College and later its President (1911). He was Professor of Chemistry at the University from 1861 to 1908. Elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1879, his speciality was spectroscopy and he was awarded the Royal Society's Davy Medal (1901) for this work. This photogravure, with his signature at lower right, shows him aged around 70. The photogravure is from the Glasgow company Annan and Sons, and is of a painting by the Scottish artist Sir George Reid (1841-1913).
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