Person Porter; George (1920 - 2002); Baron Porter of Luddenham Porter George 1920 - 2002 British Male Stainforth, near Doncaster, Yorkshire 06/12/1920 19201206 Canterbury 31/08/2002 20020831

Chemistry Education: Thorne Grammar School (1931-1938); Leeds University (1938-1941) Ackroyd Scholar Career: Radar Officer, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (1941-1945); postgraduate research, Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge (1945) with R G W Norrish; Demonstrator in Physical Chemistry, University of Cambridge (1949-1952); Assistant Director of Research in Physical Chemistry (1952-1954); Assistant Director, British Rayon Research Association, Manchester (1954); Professor of Physical Chemistry, University of Sheffield (1955-1963); awarded Corday-Morgan Medal by the Royal Society of Chemistry (1955); awarded Tilden Medal by the Royal Society of Chemistry (1958); Firth Professor of Chemistry and Head of Chemistry Department, University of Sheffield (1963-1966); Professor of Chemistry, Royal Institution (1963-1966); television series "Laws of Disorder" (1965 - 1966); Vice-President of Faraday Society (1965 - 1967); Director and Fullerian Professor of Chemistry, Royal Institution, London (1966 - 1985); Honorary Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge (1967); awarded Nobel Prize for Chemistry with Ronald Norrish and Manfred Eigen (1967); Vice-President of Chemical Society (1968-1970); Council of Open University (1969 - 1975); awarded Liversidge Medal by Royal Society of Chemistry (1970); President of Royal Society of Chemistry (1970 - 1972); trustee of British Museum (1972 - 1974); President, National Association for Gifted Children (1975 - 1980); Council of Royal Society of Arts (1976 - 1980); Romanes Lecture at Oxford University (1978); awarded Faraday Medal by Royal Society of Chemistry (1980); awarded Longstaff Medal by Royal Society of Chemistry (1981); President of British Association for the Advancement of Science (1985 - 1986); Chancellor of Leicester University (1986 - 1995); awarded Kalinga Prize by UNESCO (1977); Professor at Imperial College (1987 2002); Emeritus Professor of the Royal Institution (1988 - 2002); Chairman of the Centre for Photomolecular Sciences, Imperial College, London (1990 - 2002); Gresham Professor of Astronomy, Gresham College (1990 - 1994); President, National Energy Foundation (1990 - 2000); Master, Salters' Company (1993 - 1994) Medals and prizes: Nobel Prize (Chemistry) 1967 Honours: Kt 1972; OM 1989; Baron 1990 Memberships: Millennium FRSC (2000) Son of John Smith Porter and Alice Ann Porter; married (1949) Stella Jean Brooke; two sons Royal Society roles: Council: 1966-1967, 1985-1990; PRS 1985-1990 Medals and prizes: Copley Medal 1992; Davy Medal 1971; Rumford Medal 1978; Michael Faraday Award 1991 Lectures: Bakerian 1977; Humphry Davy and Claude Bernard 1985 Fellow 24/03/1960 39 Sources: Obituaries in The Times (02/09/2002), Daily Telegraph (02/09/2002) and The Independent (04/09/2002) Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2004 vol 50 pp 257-283, plate, by Graham R Fleming and David Phillips AssocMaterial: NCUACS 100/5/01. Papers deposited at the Royal Institution, London (covering the period 1938-1999) References: 'Address of the President, Sir Michael Atiyah, OM, Given at the Anniversary Meeting on 30 November 1992' in NR 1993 vol 47 pp 109-118 'Address of the President, Sir Michael Atiyah, Given at the Anniversary Meeting on 29 November 1991' in NR 1992 vol 46 pp 155-169 Sir Aaron Klug OM FRS, 'Address at the Service of Thanksgiving for the life of George Porter OM FRS' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 261-264 J S Rowlinson, 'A national treasure house. <i>'The common purposes of life': science and society at the Royal Institution of Great Britain</i> ed Frank A J L James ' in NR 2004 vol 58 pp 105-106 R Cole, 'The importancve of picking Porter: the Royal Institution, George Porter and the two cultures' in Notes and Records, vol 69, Issue 2, 20 June 2015, pp 191 -216 ©The Royal Society International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-9756 5 Dec 1920 - 31 Aug 2002 NA3240 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/94485112 10b7d6d9-2300-49ee-b18d-357bd0ce30d2