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George Porter
George Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham, was a British chemist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1967.
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politics · British chemist (1920–2002) · chemist · politician · university teacher · also George Porter, George Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham, Porter
Born 6 December 1920 · Died 31 August 2002 · Q106762
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2002· 1 entry
Died 2002-08-31.
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2001· 1 entry
The university named its chemistry building the George Porter Building in his honour
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1995· 1 entry
Was awarded an Honorary Degree (Doctor of Laws) from the University of Bath
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1992· 1 entry
Won Copley Medal (1992).
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1991· 2 entries
Awarded Ellison–Cliffe Lecture (1991).
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Awarded Michael Faraday Prize (1991).
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1990· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the House of Lords (1990–2002).
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1988· 1 entry
Gave the Dimbleby Lecture, "Knowledge itself is power"
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1985· 2 entries
And was the founding Chair of the Committee on the Public Understanding of Science (COPUS)
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Career landmark: President of the Royal Society (1985–1990).
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1983· 2 entries
Awarded honorary doctorate presented by The Open University (1983).
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Awarded honorary doctorate from University of Lille-I (1983).
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1981· 1 entry
Awarded Longstaff Prize (1981).
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1978· 1 entry
Won Rumford Medal (1978).
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1977· 1 entry
Won Royal Society Bakerian Medal (1977).
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1976· 2 entries
Awarded Kalinga Prize (1976).
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Gave the Royal Institution Christmas Lecture on The Natural History of a Sunbeam
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1972· 1 entry
Appointed to the Order of Merit in 1989, and became a life peer as Baron Porter of Luddenham, of Luddenham in the County of Kent, in 1990
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1971· 2 entries
Won Davy Medal (1971).
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The Rumford Medal in 1978, the Ellison-Cliffe Medal in 1991 and the Copley Medal in 1992
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1969· 1 entry
Awarded Liversidge Award (1969).
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1967· 3 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry — for their studies of extremely fast chemical reactions, effected by disturbing the equilibrium by means of very short pulses of energy.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1967).
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Along with Manfred Eigen and Ronald George Wreyford Norrish
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1962· 1 entry
Awarded Remsen Award (1962).
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1960· 2 entries
Awarded Fellow of the Royal Society (1960).
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A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1979, a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1986, and served as President of the Royal Society from 1985 to 1990
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1958· 1 entry
Awarded Tilden Prize (1958).
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1955· 1 entry
Awarded Corday-Morgan Prize (1955).
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1950· 1 entry
Awarded Faraday Lectureship Prize (1950).
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1949· 2 entries
For research investigating free radicals produced by photochemical means
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Porter married Stella Jean Brooke
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1920· 1 entry
Born 1920-12-06.
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