George Porter
British chemist (1920–2002)
George Porter (6 December 1920 – 31 August 2002) was a British chemist.[5] He was given the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1967.
The Lord Porter of Luddenham | |
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| Born | George Porter 6 December 1920 Stainforth, England |
| Died | 31 August 2002 (aged 81) |
| Alma mater | (PhD) |
| Known for | Flash photolysis |
| Spouse | Stella Jean Brooke (since 1949)[1] |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry |
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| Thesis | The study of free radicals produced by photochemical means (1949) |
| Doctoral advisor | Ronald Norrish |
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Porter was born in Stainforth, near Thorne. Back when he was born, it was on the West Riding of Yorkshire. He studied at Thorne Grammar School and later went to University of Leeds.[6] He got his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 1949 for researching free radicals produced by photochemical means.[7]
References
change- ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1967".
- ↑ Fleming, G. R.; Phillips, D. (2004). "George Porter KT OM, Lord Porter of Luddenham. 6 December 1920 – 31 August 2002: Elected F.R.S. 1960". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 50: 257–283. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2004.0017. ISSN 0080-4606.
- ↑ Weisskopf, V. F. (1967). "Nobel Prizes: Four Named for International Award". Science. 158 (3802): 745–748. Bibcode:1967Sci...158..745W. doi:10.1126/science.158.3802.745. PMID 4860395.
- ↑ Durrant, James Robert (1991). Transient absorption spectroscopy of photosystem two. spiral.imperial.ac.uk (PhD thesis). Imperial College London. hdl:10044/1/11455. OCLC 855696059. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.573962.
- ↑ Phillips, David (2002). "Obituary: George Porter (1920–2002)". Nature. 419 (6907): 578. Bibcode:2002Natur.419..578P. doi:10.1038/419578a. PMID 12374966. S2CID 30532134.
- ↑ "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/77183. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ Porter, George (1949). The study of free radicals produced by photochemical means (PhD thesis). University of Cambridge.
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