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Rodney R. Porter
Full Name of the recipient | Rodney R. Porter |
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Award | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
Year of Award | 1972 |
Share in Award | 50.0% |
Award Shared with | Gerald M. Edelman (50.0%) |
Motivation for the Award | for their discoveries concerning the chemical structure of antibodies |
Affiliation at the Time of Award | University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom |
Place of Birth | Newton-le-Willows, United Kingdom GBR |
Date of Birth | 8 October 1917 |
Age at the time of Award | 54 years |
Place of Death | Winchester, United Kingdom GBR |
Date of Death | 6 September 1985 |