Background
Porter, Arthur T. was born on January 26, 1924 in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Son of Guy H. and Adina A. Porter.
Porter, Arthur T. was born on January 26, 1924 in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Son of Guy H. and Adina A. Porter.
Student, Fourah Bay College, Sierra Leone. Student, Cambridge University. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Boston University, 1969.
Doctor of Letters, Boston University. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Malta University, 1969. Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Sierre Leone, 1989.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Nairobi, 1994. Doctor of Letters, Institute Education, London.
Assistant Department, of Social Anthropology Edinburgh University 1951-1952. Lecturer in History Fourah Bay College 1952-1956. Research in African Studies, Boston University 1956-1958.
Professor, of Modem History Fourah Bay College, later Vice-Principal 1960-1964. Principal University College, Nairobi 1964-1970. UNESCO Adviser on Ministry of Education, Education Planning to Kenya Government 1970-1974.
Vice-Chancellor University of Sierra Leone 1974-1984. Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence, Bethany College, Kan. 1986-1987; Honorary L.H.D. (Boston) 1969, Honorary Doctor of Laws (Royal University of Malta) 1969.
Sierra Leone Independence.
Order of the Republic of Sierra Leone 1979.
Married Rigmor Sondergaard Rasmussen Porter, 1953. 2 children.