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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Physiology or Medicine (216) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1970s (104) 1972 (11) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1910s (117) 1917 (13) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, western (207) United Kingdom (101) Lancashire (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1980s (66) 1985 (7) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, western (182) United Kingdom (86) Winchester (1) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name L-R (240) R (80) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name L-R (258) P (41) 22. Shared Family Name 22. Shared Family Name L-R (24) P (2) Porter (2) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 50 - 59 (231) 56 (23) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Life Scientists (181) Biological Scientists (181) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Europe (450) Europe, western (223) United Kingdom (110) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University Europe (232) Europe, western (125) United Kingdom (64) Oxford (10) University of Oxford (10) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, western (390) United Kingdom (235) Cambridge (118) University of Cambridge (118) Alumni (69) Liverpool (10) University of Liverpool (10) Alumni (4) London (82) Imperial College London (20) Long-term academic staff (10) Oxford (69) University of Oxford (69) Long-term academic staff (16) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) R-T (460) R (448) Royal Society (294) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards C-D (404) C (272) Copley Medal (60) Croonian Lecture (32) E-F (439) F (394) Fellow of the Royal Society (101) G-H (389) G (254) Gairdner Foundation International Award (89) M-N (333) N (205) Novartis Medal and Prize (8) Q-Z (398) R (196) Royal Medal (50) complete name: Rodney Robert Porter nobel prize: medicine award year: 1972 together with: Gerald Edelman prize share: Prize share: 1/2 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1972 was awarded jointly to Gerald M. Edelman and Rodney R. Porter "for their discoveries concerning the chemical structure of antibodies." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Rodney family name: Porter occupation: chemist occupation: university teacher occupation: physiologist occupation: biochemist field of work: biochemistry work location: Imperial College London, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, United Kingdom description: Rodney Robert Porter was an English biochemist and Nobel laureate. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1972. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1972/summary/> date birth: 1917 date death: 1985 usual name: Rodney Porter