| Authorised form of name | Porter; Helen Kemp (1899 - 1987) |
| Other forms of surname | Archbold |
| Dates | 1899 - 1987 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Place Hale, Farnham, Surrey, England |
| Date of birth | 10 November 1899 |
| Date of death | 07/12/1987 |
| Research field | Plant physiology |
| Activity | Education:
At home; Clifton High School for Girls (1906-1917); Bedford College for Women, London. BSc (1921 Chemistry and physics); DSc (1932)
Career:
Postgraduate work, Imperial College, London; on research team which included Elsie Widdowson (FRS 1976) studying respiration of apples relating to sugars and organic acids; studied biology at even classes at Birkbeck College, London; attended courses in biochemistry at Chelsea Polytechnical College (1928); on team of Research Institute of Plant Physiology, Imperial College, London and Rothamsted Experimental Laboratories (1931); Visiting Lecturer in Biochemistry, Swanley Horticultural College; worked on starch metabolism, studying barley; transferred to Rothamsted (World War 2); Coris laboratory, St Louis, USA (1947-1948); given grant by the Nuffield Foundation (1953); Principal Scientific Officer, Research Institute of Plant Physiology, Imperial College (1954); Reader in Enzymology, Botany Department, Imperial College (1957); Professor of Plant Physiology (1959-1964), the first woman Professor at Imperial College; Second Secretary, Agricultural Research Council (1964); Advisor to the Secretary (1972); bequeathed money to the Royal Society
Memberships:
Biochemical Society (Chairman 1965) |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 15/03/1956 |
| Relationships | Daughter of George Kemp Archbold and his wife Caroline Emily Broughton Whitehead.
Married 1) (1937) William George Porter (died); 2) Arthur St George Huggett (FRS 1958), physiologist |
| Sources | Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1991 vol 37 pp 399-409, plate, by D H Northcote |
| Royal Society code | NA5970 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1956/18 | Porter, Helen Kemp: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/GA/WS/5029 | Porter, Helen Kemp | nd |
| PB/1/33/2 | Correspondence concerning the Copley Medal of the Royal Society | 1956 |