File:John Mason 1967.jpg

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Description	Basil John Mason, Fellow of the Royal Society
Author or copyright owner	Godfrey Argent
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Original publication: Unknown Immediate source: https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw120615/Sir-Basil-John-Mason
Date of publication	17th November 1967
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	John Mason (meteorologist)
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	for visual identification of the person in question, at the top of their biographical article
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	There are no free-license photographs of John Mason known to exist and none can be created six years after his death.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	Not full file, single appearance.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	It is a reduced resolution crop of an old photograph whose owner displays it for free online.
Other information	The subject of the photograph has been deceased since: 6th January 2015
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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	00:06, 16 February 2021		272 × 367 (54 KB)	DatBot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	11:54, 15 February 2021	No thumbnail	325 × 439 (35 KB)	Robin S. Taylor (talk \| contribs)	Uploading a non-free historic portrait using File Upload Wizard

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