Andrew Lawrie Porte was born in 1931 in Ayr, Scotland. He started at the University of Glasgow in 1949 studying Chemistry, Natural Philosophy, Mathematics, Physiology and Biochemistry. He graduated Bachelor of Science in 1953 , PhD in 1959 and went onto a career as a lecturer in Chemistry at the University of Glasgow in 1961 , later becoming a Reader specialising in magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
From the guide to the Papers of Andrew Lawrie Porte, science graduate of the University of Glasgow, b1931, 1949-1953, (Glasgow University Archive Services)