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  • 西元1946年12月31日出生於倫敦。
  • 西元1958年　12歲
    • 生長於倫敦南部，進入Camberwell地區之Wilson's school就讀。受到老師啟蒙，打開其對世界文化之視野。
  • 西元1964-1968年　18-22歲
    • 得到獎學金的支持，進入劍橋大學基督學院（Christ’s College），師從十八世紀英國史知名學者J. H. Plumb教授。與Porter同時入學的還有Simon Schama（後來成為知名歷史學者、藝術文化評論家，擔任美國哥倫比亞大學教授）、Andrew Wheatcroft。在劍橋大學得到極優異成績，於一九六八年成為基督學院青年研究員（Junior Fellow）講授英國啟蒙運動史。師從十九世紀科學史專家Robert M. Young。
  • 西元1970年　24歲
    • 與Sue Limb結婚，一生經歷四段婚姻。
  • 西元1972~1977年　26~31歲
    • 轉至劍橋大學 Churchill 學院繼續從事歷史研究，以英國地質學史的論文取得博士學位，後任升學監。1974年獲聘為劍橋大學歷史系助理講師，1977年升任劍橋大學歐洲史講師。
  • 西元1977年　31歲
    • 第一本專書The Making of Geology: Earth Science in Britain, 1660-1815由英國劍橋大學出版社出版。
  • 西元1979年　33歲
    • 到倫敦大學衛康醫學史研究所（Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine）擔任講師。
  • 西元1982年　36歲
    • 專書著作English society in the eighteenth century（《十八世紀英國社會》）由Allen Lane出版。
  • 西元1983年　37歲
    • 專書著作The earth sciences: an annotated bibliography和The history of medicine: past, present and future出版。
  • 西元1987年　41歲
    • 專書著作A social history of madness: stories of the insane、Disease, Medicine and Society in England, 1550-1860以及Mind-forg’d manacles: a history of madness in England from the Restoration to the Regency出版。
  • 西元1988年　42歲
    • 專書著作Edward Gibbon: making history出版。
  • 西元1989年　43歲
    • 專書著作Healt for sale: quackery in England, 1660-1850出版。
  • 西元1990年　44歲
    • 專書著作The Enlightenment出版。
  • 西元1991年　45歲
    • 專書著作Doctor of society: Thomas Beddoes and the sick trade in late Enlightenment England出版。
  • 西元1993年　47歲
    • 於衛康醫學史學院（Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine）擔任社會歷史學教授，並短暫擔任所長。
  • 西元1994年　48歲
    • 專書著作London: A Social History出版，該書常被譽為Porter用力最深之代表性著作。同年被推選為英國學術院院士（fellow of the British Academy），同時也得到honorary fellow by both the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Psychiatrists之榮耀。
  • 西元1996年　50歲
    • 專書著作The rise and fall of London’s town centres: lessons for the future由Vision for London出版。
  • 西元1997年　51歲
    • 專書著作The greatest benefit to mankind: a medical history of humanity from antiquity to the present由HarperCollins出版。
  • 西元2000年　54歲
    • 專書著作The Enlightenment: Britain and the Creation of the Modern World和Science in the eighteenth century出版。
  • 西元2001年　55歲
    • 專書著作Bodies Politic : Disease, Death and Doctors in Britain, 1650-1900和Madmen: a social history of mad-houses, mad-doctors, and lunatics出版。同年九月自衛康醫學史研究所退休。
  • 西元2002年　56歲
    • 專書著作Blood and guts: a short history of medicine和Madness : a brief history出版。
  • 西元2002年3月3日與世長辭，享年56歲。

英文

    A Chronology of Key Events in the Life of Professor Roy Porter (1946-2002)
  • 31 December 1946 Professor Roy Porter is born in London.
  • 1958 (12 years old)
    • Porter grows up in South London and attends Wilson's School in Camberwell.
  • 1964-1968 (18 to 22 years old)
    • Porter wins a scholarship to Christ's College, Cambridge, where he studies under J. H. Plumb. His contemporaries include Simon Schama and Andrew Wheatcroft. He achieves a double starred first and becomes a Junior Fellow in 1968, studying under Robert M. Young and lecturing on the British Enlightenment.
  • 1970 (24 years old)
    • Porter marries Sue Limb in 1970. He will marry four times during the course of his life.
  • 1972~1977 (26 to 31 years old)
    • In 1972, Porter moves to Churchill College as the Director of Studies in History and later becomes Dean of the College in 1977. He graduates from Cambridge with a Ph.D. in 1974 and publishes a thesis on the history of geology as a scientific discipline. He is then appointed to the post of Assistant Lecturer in European History at Cambridge University and is promoted to Lecturer in European History in 1977.
  • 1977 (31 years old)
    • Porter’s first book, The Making of Geology: Earth Science in Britain, 1660-1815,is published by Cambridge University Press.
  • 1979 (33 years old)
    • Porter leaves Cambridge to join the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London, as a lecturer in the social history of medicine. This marks the first appointment of a social historian to a post at the Institute.
  • 1982 (36 years old)
    • Porter’s book： English society in the eighteenth centuryis， published by Allen Lane.
  • 1983 (37 years old)
    • The earth sciences: an annotated bibliography and The history of medicine: past, present and future, are published.
  • 1987 (41 years old)
    • A Social History of Madness: the World through the Eyes of the Insaneis published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson, Disease, Medicine and Society in England, 1550-1860, is published by Macmillan Education, and Mind-forg’d manacles: a history of madness in England from the Restoration to the Regency, is published by Athlone.
  • 1988 (42 years old)
    • Edward Gibbon: making history,is published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson.
  • 1989 (43 years old)
    • Health for sale: quackery in England, 1660-1850,is published by Manchester University Press.
  • 1990 (44 years old)
    • The Enlightenment, is published by Macmillan Education.
  • 1991 (45 years old)
    • Doctor of society: Thomas Beddoes and the sick trade in late Enlightenment England is published by Routledge.
  • 1993 (47 years old)
    • Porter becomes Professor of Social History at the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine. He also briefly serves as the Institute’s Director.
  • 1994 (48 years old)
    • London: a social history, is published by Hamish Hamilton. Porter is elected a fellow of the British Academy and is made an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
  • 1996 (50 years old)
    • The rise and fall of London’s town centres: lessons for the future, is published by Vision for London.
  • 1997 (51 years old)
    • The greatest benefit to mankind: a medical history of humanity from antiquity to the present, is published by HarperCollins.
  • 2000 (54 years old)
    • The Enlightenment: Britain and the Creation of the Modern World, is published by Allen Lane and Science in the eighteenth century. is published by Cambridge University Press.
  • 2001 (55 years old)
    • Bodies Politic: Disease, Death and Doctors in Britain, 1650-1900and Madmen: a social history of mad-houses, mad-doctors, and lunatics, are published. Porter retires in September and moves to the Sussex coast, hoping to learn the axophone, cultivate his allotment and travel.
  • 2002 (56 years old)
    • Blood and guts: a short history of medicineand Madness: a brief history are published.
  • 3 March 2002
    • Professor Roy Porter passes away at the age of 56.

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