COLLECTION NAME:
University of Manchester History & Heritage
Record
Image Number:
JRL15040130
Reference Number:
UPC/1/189
Image Title:
John Stopford
Series Title:
University Photographic Collection
Parent Work Title:
John Stopford
Creator:
British Council
Creator Role:
Photographer
Date Created:
1944
Description:
John Stopford, Baron Stopford of Fallowfield, 1887-1961; portrait photo of John Sebastian Bach Stopford, Vice Chancellor of the University of Manchester 1934-1956. After graduating from the University of Manchester's Medical School in 1911 Stopford took a position as a demonstrator of anatomy at the same institution the following year. He next became a lecturer in 1915 and then in 1919 became Professor of Anatomy remaining in that post until 1937. Stopford was appointed Vice Chancellor of the University in 1934 in succession to Walter Moberly. He was appointed Professor of Experimental Neurology in 1937. Stopford played a key role in the expansion of the University in the immediate post-war years.
Keyword:
Stopford; Manchester; Medical; Anatomy; Neurology; University.
Subject:
University of Manchester
Subject:
Anatomy
Subject:
Medicine-History
Category of Material:
Archives
Sub-Category:
Portraits
Sub-Category:
Analogue photography
Support:
Paper
People Covered:
Stopford, John Sebastian Bach, Sir, 1888-1961
Item Height:
290 mm
Item Width:
235 mm
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
British Council
Access Rights:
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Collection Code:
UMHH
John Stopford
