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Rodney Robert Porter was a British biochemist and Nobel laureate.
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science · English biochemist · biochemist · university teacher · chemist · physiologist · physician · also Rodney Robert Porter, Rodney Porter, Rodney R. Porter, Rodney R Porter, R. R. Porter, R R Porter
Born 8 October 1917 · Died 6 September 1985 · Q295700
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Raymond Dwek founded the Oxford Glycobiology Institute at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford and this building was named after Porter as the Rodney Porter building
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Died 1985-09-06.
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Won Copley Medal (1983).
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Won Croonian Medal and Lecture (1980).
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Awarded honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (1974).
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Won Royal Medal (1973).
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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for their discoveries concerning the chemical structure of antibodies.
Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1972).
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Porter shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Gerald M
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Was appointed Whitley Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Oxford, and Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford
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Awarded Portland Press Excellence in Science Award (1966).
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Awarded Canada Gairdner International Award (1966).
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Was promoted to Major and transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps acting as a War Department analyst, based in Naples in Italy
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Born 1917-10-08.
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