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George Porter
Full Name of the recipient | George Porter |
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Award | Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
Year of Award | 1967 |
Share in Award | 25.0% |
Award Shared with | Manfred Eigen (50.0%) Ronald George Wreyford Norrish (25.0%) |
Motivation for the Award | for their studies of extremely fast chemical reactions, effected by disturbing the equilibrium by means of very short pulses of energy |
Affiliation at the Time of Award | Royal Institution of Great Britain, London, United Kingdom |
Place of Birth | Stainforth, United Kingdom GBR |
Date of Birth | 6 December 1920 |
Age at the time of Award | 46 years |
Place of Death | Canterbury, United Kingdom GBR |
Date of Death | 31 August 2002 |