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placing a heavy hand on the shoulder of a candidate who is giving a 'back-hander' to a prospective supporter

Martin van Marum was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1798

Actress Audrey Hepburn arrives for the premiere of My Fair Lady in New York with husband Mel Ferrer (left) and Stan Holloway who also stars in the film

The Earl of Munster was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1820

25th September 1975

Visitors to the Tomb of Tutankhamun mb-height 4392 placing a heavy hand onVisitors to the Tomb of Tutankhamun, Valley of the Kings, Egypt, 1922. Lady Ribblesdale and Mr Stephen Vlasto arriving on donkeys. The discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922 by British archaeologist Howard Carter (1874 1939) was one of the most astounding discoveries in archaeology. Tutankhamun was a previously unknown pharaoh whose name had been eradicated from historical records by one of his successors because of his association with the heretical