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George Porter
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British chemist (1920–2002)
OverviewAI-generated
George Porter (1920–2002) was a British chemist, politician, and university teacher. Born in Stainforth and educated at the University of Leeds and Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge, he held positions at the University of Sheffield, University College London, Imperial College London, and the University of Cambridge. His doctoral advisor was Ronald George Wreyford Norrish. Porter’s work focused on chemistry, physical chemistry, and chemical kinetics. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and received the title of Knight Bachelor.
Porter was a member of the Royal Society, the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He died in Canterbury.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 16
Top works
- Spiritual Retreats
- Communication : Active Listening
- Affirmations
- Treatise on the Particular Examen of Conscience
- Bold Vision Books
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 56
- Total plays
- 575
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A short history of<i>SHELX</i>
· 2007 · cited 79,972x
- Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test
· 1997 · cited 48,689x
- Crystal structure refinement with<i>SHELXL</i>
· 2015 · cited 40,976x
- <i>SHELXT</i>– Integrated space-group and crystal-structure determination
· 2015 · cited 27,731x
- A new and rapid colorimetric determination of acetylcholinesterase activity
· 1961 · cited 23,220x
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Quotes
- “Science is, on the whole, an informal activity, a life of shirt sleeves and coffee served in beakers.”
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Chemistry1967
“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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- George
- Family name
- Porter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Stainforth
- Place of death
- Canterbury
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- University of Cambridge
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- honorary doctorate
- Noble title
- Knight Bachelor
- Doctoral advisor
- Ronald George Wreyford Norrish
- Field of work
- chemical kinetics
- Image
- George Porter Nobel.jpg
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- member of
- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- date of birth
- 1920-12-06
- date of death
- 2002-08-31
- Commons category
- George Porter
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- name in native language
- George Porter
- different from
- George Porter
- P10632
- George Porter
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- interested in
- chemistry
Sources (15)
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Encyclopedic overview
George Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham, OM, FRS, FRSE (6 December 1920 – 31 August 2002) was a British chemist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1967.
Education and early life
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