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Eliot Porter
This chronology presents an overview of Eliot Porter’s life and accomplishments. It draws upon several sources, including the bibliography compiled by Milan Hughston in Eliot Porter (Boston: New York Graphic Society Books, Little Brown and Company, in association with the Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, 1987); the autobiographical material included in the same publication; the chronology included in Eliot Porter: The Grand Canyon (Munich: Prestel; New York: ARTnews, 1992); Nancy Barrett’s chronology in Intimate Landscapes (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1979); and material from Porter’s archives, housed at the Amon Carter Museum. Those interested in a fuller view of Porter’s life are encouraged to consult these sources.
The Early Years
1901
Eliot Porter is born December 6 in Winnetka, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, into an upper-middle-class household; his parents are James Foster Porter, a biologist, architect, and nature enthusiast, and Ruth Wadsworth Furness Porter, a social activist. He is the second child after sister Nancy; other siblings include Edward, Fairfield, who later becomes an accomplished painter, and John
1905-11
Takes several trips with his family to Florida, New England, and the Grand Canyonjump to citation[x]
1910
Father purchases Great Spruce Head Island, Penobscot Bay, Maine; family summers there beginning in 1912jump to citation[x]
1912-19
Photographs around Winnetka and on Great Spruce Head Island, first using his Brownie box camera and later a Graflex; takes his first photographs of birds
Becomes interested in chemistry while in high school
Enters Morristown School, a boarding school in New Jersey, and photographs athletic events there
1920
Enters Harvard University and studies chemical engineering; interests broaden to include biology and physiology
1924
Graduates from Harvard and enters Harvard Medical School
1926
Suspends studies at Harvard Medical School and enters University of Cambridge, England, to study biochemistry
1927
Leaves Cambridge and returns to Winnetka; resumes studies at Harvard Medical School
1928
Marries Marian Brown
First child, Meredith, born (exact date unknown)