Person
Rodney Robert Porter
1917 – 1985 · aged 68
English biochemist and Nobel laureate (1917–1985)
- Born
- 8 Oct 1917 · Newton-le-Willows
- Died
- 6 Sept 1985 · Winchester
Life timeline
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Showing 78 years
- 8 Oct 1917BornBorn in Newton-le-Willows
- 1939 – 1945WarWorld War II
- 1966AwardCanada Gairdner International Award
- 1966AwardPortland Press Excellence in Science Award
- 1972AwardNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- 1973AwardRoyal Medal
- 1974AwardHonorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- 1980AwardCroonian Medal and Lecture
- 1983AwardCopley Medal
- 6 Sept 1985DiedDied in Winchester
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1917 – 1985).
- 1917Balfour Declaration
- 1917February Revolution
- 1917October Revolution
- 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
- 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
- 1920Treaty of Versailles
- 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
- 19341934 FIFA World Cup
- 19361936 Summer Olympics
- 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
- 19381938 FIFA World Cup
- 1938Munich Agreement
- 1939 – 1940Winter War
- 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
- 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
- 1941Operation Barbarossa
- 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
- 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
- 19501950 FIFA World Cup
- 1950 – 1953Korean War
- 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
- 19541954 FIFA World Cup
- 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
- 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
- 1956Suez Crisis
- 19581958 FIFA World Cup
- 1959Antarctic Treaty System
- 19621962 FIFA World Cup
- 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
- 19661966 FIFA World Cup
- 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
- 1968Prague Spring
- 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
- 19721972 Summer Olympics
- 19741974 FIFA World Cup
- 19781978 FIFA World Cup
- 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
- 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
Biography
Rodney Robert Porter (8 October 1917 – 6 September 1985) was a British biochemist and Nobel laureate.
Text from the Wikipedia article Rodney Porter, CC BY-SA 4.0
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