William Townsend Porter

William Townsend Porter (September 24, 1862 – February 12, 1949) was an American physician, physiologist, and medical educator who spent most of his career at Harvard Medical School. He founded the Harvard Apparatus company, which produced laboratory equipment for teaching and research in physiology, and was the founding editor of the American Journal of Physiology.

Early life and education Porter was born on September 24, 1862, in Plymouth, Ohio. The result was a years-long "breach" between the two;

Porter died of bronchopneumonia on February 16, 1949.