For their discoveries concerning the chemical structure of antibodies.

Born in Newton-le-Willows St Helens Lancashire England Rodney Robert Porter received his Bachelors of Sciences degree from the University of Liverpool in 1939 for Biochemistry. In 1991 Prof. Edelman for determining the chemical structure of an antibody.

In 1991 Prof. He died in a road accident near Winchester Hampshire and is survived by his wife and five children. Born in Newton-le-Willows St Helens Lancashire England Rodney Robert Porter received his Bachelors of Sciences degree from the University of Liverpool in 1939 for Biochemistry.