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George Porter

1920 – 2002 · aged 82

British chemist (1920–2002)

Born
6 Dec 1920 · Stainforth
Died
31 Aug 2002 · Canterbury

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 94 years
  1. 6 Dec 1920BornBorn in Stainforth
  2. 1950AwardFaraday Lectureship Prize
  3. 1955AwardCorday-Morgan Prize
  4. 1958AwardTilden Prize
  5. 1960AwardFellow of the Royal Society
  6. 1962AwardRemsen Award
  7. 1967AwardNobel Prize in Chemistry
  8. 1969AwardLiversidge Award
  9. 1971AwardDavy Medal
  10. 1976AwardKalinga Prize
  11. 1977AwardRoyal Society Bakerian Medal
  12. 1978AwardRumford Medal
  13. 1981AwardLongstaff Prize
  14. 1985 – 1990RolePresident of the Royal Society
  15. 1990 – 2002RoleMember of the House of Lords
  16. 31 Aug 2002DiedDied in Canterbury

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1920 – 2002).

  1. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  2. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  3. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  4. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  5. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  6. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  7. 1938Munich Agreement
  8. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  9. 1939 – 1945World War II
  10. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  11. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  12. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  13. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  14. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  15. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  16. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  17. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  18. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  19. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  20. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  21. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  22. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  23. 1956Suez Crisis
  24. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  25. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  26. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  27. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  28. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  29. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  30. 1968Prague Spring
  31. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  32. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  33. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  34. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  35. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  36. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  37. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  38. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  39. 1985Schengen Agreement
  40. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre

Biography

George Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham, (6 December 1920 – 31 August 2002) was a British chemist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1967.

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