George Porter

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George Porter was a British chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in the field of flash photolysis and the study of very fast chemical reactions.

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instanceOf Nobel laureate in Chemistry
chemist
human
physical chemist
awardReceived Copley Medal
Davy Medal
IET Faraday Medal
surface form: Faraday Medal

Knight Bachelor
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (through its scientists)
surface form: Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Order of Merit
Royal Medal
Rumford Medal
birthName George Porter self-link
coRecipientOf Nobel Prize in Chemistry (through its scientists)
surface form: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1967
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1920-12-06
dateOfDeath 2002-08-31
doctoralAdvisor Ronald Norrish
educatedAt Leeds Modern School
Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge

University of Leeds
familyName Porter
fieldOfWork chemistry
photochemistry
physical chemistry
givenName George
knownFor flash photolysis
reaction kinetics
study of very fast chemical reactions
memberOf Order of Merit
Royal Society
Royal Society of Chemistry
nationality British
nobelPrizeCategory Chemistry
nobelPrizeYear 1967
notableWork development of flash photolysis techniques
placeOfBirth Stainforth, Yorkshire, England
placeOfDeath Canterbury, Kent, England
positionHeld Director of the Royal Institution
Fullerian Professor of Chemistry
surface form: Fullerian Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution

President of the Royal Society
President of the Royal Society of Chemistry
residence London, England
sharedNobelPrizeWith Manfred Eigen
Ronald George Wreyford Norrish
workInstitution Royal Institution
Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge

University of Sheffield

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