Roy Porter

Roy Porter
Born
Roy Sydney Porter

(1946-12-31)31 December 1946
South London, England
Died3 March 2002(2002-03-03) (aged 55)
Alma materChrist's College, Cambridge
OccupationHistorian
Spouse(s)Sue Limb
Jacqueline Rainfray
Dorothy Watkins
Hannah Augstein
Natsu Hattori

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