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George Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham, was a British chemist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1967. Wikipedia  

✵ 6. December 1920 – 31. August 2002
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George Porter Quotes

“Science is, on the whole, an informal activity, a life of shirt sleeves and coffee served in beakers.”

George Porter

Nobel Banquet Speech http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1967/porter-speech.html in Stockholm, December 10, 1967.

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