Person Martin; Archer John Porter (1910 - 2002) Martin Archer John Porter 1910 - 2002 British Male London 01/03/1910 19100301 Llangarron, Herefordshire 28/07/2002 20020728

Education: Bedford School (1921-1929); Peterhouse, Cambridge (1929) Career: Worked in the physical chemistry laboratory, Cambridge; transferred to Dunn Nutritional Laboratory, Cambridge (1933-1938) completed PhD in 1936; worked with Sir Charles Martin on antipelagra factor in pigs; Wool Industries Research Association, Leeds (1938 - 1946); head of the biochemistry division Boots Pure Drug Co., Nottingham (1946-1948); staff, Medical Research Council (1948-1952); published work on liquid liquid partition in 1941 with R L M Synge, went on to develop paper chromatography (1944); head of Physical Chemistry Division of National Institute of Medical Research at Mill Hill (1952-1956); chemical consultant (1956-1959); director Abbotsbury Laboratories (1959-1970); consultant, Wellcome Research Laboratory (1970-1973); Professorial Fellow, Sussex University (1973-1978); Robert A Welch Professor of Chemistry, University of Houston Texas (1974-1979) Medals and prizes: Nobel Prize (Chemistry) 1952 Honours: CBE 1960 Memberships: Millennium FRSC (2000) Married (1943) Judith Bagnall Medals and prizes: Leverhulme Medal 1963 Fellow 16/03/1950 40 Sources: Obituaries in The Independent (07/08/2002) and the Guardian (05/08/2002) Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2004 vol 50 pp 157-170, plate, by James Lovelock 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 1 Mar 1910 - NA4578 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 4f39443e-555f-4499-aff4-aa0393d0434e