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) |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | The study of free radicals produced by photochemical means (1949) |
| Doctoral advisor | Ronald Norrish |
| Doctoral students | |
George Porter (6 December 1920 – 31 August 2002) was a British chemist. He was given the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1967.
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. He got his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 1949 for researching free radicals produced by photochemical means.