[pawr-ter, pohr-] 
| 1. | Cole, 1893–1964, U.S. composer. |
| 2. | David, 1780–1843, U.S. naval officer. |
| 3. | his son, David Dix⋅on [dik-suh n] , 1813–91, Union naval officer in the Civil War. |
| 4. | Edwin Stanton, 1870–1941, U.S. film director. |
| 5. | Gene (Gene Stratton Porter), 1868–1924, U.S. novelist. |
| 6. | Sir George, 1920–2002, British chemist: Nobel prize 1967. |
| 7. | Katherine Anne, 1890–1980, U.S. writer. |
| 8. | Noah, 1811–92, U.S. educator, writer, and lexicographer. |
| 9. | Rodney Robert, 1917–85, British biochemist: Nobel prize for medicine 1972. |
| 10. | William Sydney (“O. Henry”), 1862–1910, U.S. short-story writer. |
| 11. | a male given name. |
A twentieth-century American songwriter. Porter's songs, such as “Anything Goes,” “I Get a Kick out of You,” and “I've Got You under My Skin,” are renowned for their witty, sophisticated lyrics.
Porter Por·ter (pôr'tər), Rodney Robert. Born 1917.
British biochemist. He shared a 1972 Nobel Prize for his research on the chemical structure and nature of antibodies.
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British biochemist who shared with George Edelman the 1972 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine for their study of the chemical structure of antibodies. |