George Richardson Porter

(1792-1852)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Porter, George Richardson, 1792-1852 NRA: Porter, George Richardson (1792-1852) Statistician DNB: Porter, George Richardson (1792–1852), civil servant and statistician LBT ID: GePorter1852 VIAF ID: 73175 LOC ID: n85822567	B/BAP: 1792 DIED: 1852-09-03
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Educated at Merchant Taylors' School, London, he wrote on education before becoming in 1831 superintendent of the new statistical department at the Board of Trade.