Editing Rodney Porter (section)

==Education and early life==
He was born in [[Newton-le-Willows]], Lancashire, England, the son of Joseph Lawrence Porter, chief clerk of the Railway Carriage and Wagon Works in Earlestown (Newton-le-Willows), and his wife, Isabel May Reese. He was educated at [[Ashton-in-Makerfield]] Grammar School.<ref>{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf}}</ref>

Rodney Robert Porter received his Bachelor of Science degree from the [[University of Liverpool]] in 1939 for [[Biochemistry]].

His career was interrupted by [[World War II]] during which he served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the [[Royal Engineers]] serving in Sicily and North Africa. In 1944 he was promoted to Major and transferred to the [[Royal Army Service Corps]] acting as a War Department analyst, based in [[Naples]] in [[Italy]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf}}</ref>

After the war he moved to the [[University of Cambridge]] where he became [[Fred Sanger]]'s first [[PhD]] student.<ref name=sanger/> He was awarded his doctorate (PhD) in 1948.<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/nobel/micro/477_33.html Britannica Information on Rodney Porter]</ref><ref>{{Nobelprize|name=Rodney R. Porter|accessdate=2020-10-11}}</ref>