About Arthur Porter
Lived 1910 – 2010 (aged 99–100). Arthur Porter was a British and Canadian engineer.
Arthur Porter (1910–2010) was a British-Canadian engineer and pioneer in computing and biomedical engineering.
Porter was born in Ulverston, England, on 8 December 1910, the son of John William Porter and Mary Anne Harris.
He studied at the University of Manchester where he gained undergraduate (BSc) honours in physics followed by an MSc. He went on to obtain his doctorate (PhD) at Manchester under the supervision of Douglas Hartree). He also chaired the science advisory committee for Expo 67, the World's Fair held in 1967 in Montreal.
Publications Cybernetics Simplified (1969) The Report of the Royal Commission on Electric Power Planning (1980, 9 vols.) So Many Hills to Climb: My Journey from Cumbria to North Carolina (2004)
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Who was Arthur Porter?
British-Canadian engineer
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Arthur Porter was born in 1910.
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Arthur Porter died in 2010.
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Arthur Porter was an engineer.
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Arthur Porter was British and Canadian.
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