| George Porter  Born: 6-Dec-1920
Birthplace: Stainforth, Yorkshire, England
Died: 31-Aug-2002
Location of death: Canterbury, Kent, England
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Chemist Nationality: England
Executive summary: Studied fast chemical reactions Wife: Stella Jean Brooke (m. 25-Aug-1949, two sons)
Son: John
Son: Andrew
University: University of Leeds (1938-)
Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1967 (with Manfred Eigen and Ronald G. W. Norrish)
Davy Medal 1971
Knighthood 1972
Rumford Medal 1978
Life Peerage 1990, as Baron Porter of Luddenham
Copley Medal 1992
Royal Society 1960, President 1985-90
Pontifical Academy of Sciences
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