Roy Porter, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Roy Porter

British historian

Date of Birth: 31-Dec-1946

Date of Death: 03-Mar-2002

Profession: writer, historian, author, university teacher, medical historian

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Roy Sydney Porter, FBA (31 December 1946 – 3 March 2002) was a British historian known for his important work on the history of medicine.
He retired in 2001 from the director of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine at University College London (UCL).