Rodney Porter

Professor
Rodney Porter
CH FRS FRSE HonFRCP
Professor Rodney Porter CH FRS FRSE HonFRCP
Born	Rodney Robert Porter; 8 October 1917; Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire, England
Died	6 September 1985 (aged 67); Beacon Hill, Surrey, near Guildford
Education	University of Liverpool (BSc); University of Cambridge (PhD);
Known for	Chemical structure of antibodies
Awards	Gairdner Foundation International Award (1966); Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1972); Royal Medal (1973); Copley Medal (1983);
	Scientific career
Fields	Biochemistry
Institutions	National Institute for Medical Research; Imperial College London; University of Oxford;
Thesis	The free amino groups of proteins (1948)
Doctoral advisor	Frederick Sanger

Rodney Robert Porter (8 October 1917 – 6 September 1985) was a British biochemist^[2]^[3] and Nobel laureate.^[4]^[5]^[6]

^ "Rodney Porter Memorial Lectures". Oxford: University of Oxford. Archived from the original on 4 January 2015.
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^ Steiner, L. A. (1985). "Rodney Robert Porter (1917–1985)". Nature. 317 (6036): 383. Bibcode:1985Natur.317..383S. doi:10.1038/317383a0. PMID 3900741. S2CID 4334421.
^ Raju, T. N. (1999). "The Nobel chronicles. 1972: Gerald M Edelman (b 1929) and Rodney R Porter (1917–85)". Lancet. 354 (9183): 1040. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(05)76658-7. PMID 10501404. S2CID 54380536.
^ Schlesinger, M. (1973). "The 1972 Nobel prize for medicine, G.M. Adelman and R.R. Porter". Harefuah. 84 (1): 41. PMID 4571222.
^ Harboe, M. (1972). "Nobel prize for immunoglobulin research". Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening. 92 (34): 2363–2365. PMID 4568120.

Professor Rodney Porter CH FRS FRSE HonFRCP

Born	Rodney Robert Porter (1917-10-08)8 October 1917 Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire, England
Died	6 September 1985(1985-09-06) (aged 67) Beacon Hill, Surrey, near Guildford
Education	University of Liverpool (BSc) University of Cambridge (PhD)
Known for	Chemical structure of antibodies
Awards	Gairdner Foundation International Award (1966) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1972) Royal Medal (1973) Copley Medal (1983)
Scientific career
Fields	Biochemistry
Institutions	National Institute for Medical Research Imperial College London University of Oxford
Thesis	The free amino groups of proteins (1948)
Doctoral advisor	Frederick Sanger^[1]