Roy Porter Roy Porter Roy Sydney Porter, FBA (31 December 1946 – 3 March 2002) was a British historian known for his important work on the history of medicine. He retired in 2001 from the director of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine at University College, London (UCL). Porter grew up in South London and attended Wilson's School in Camberwell. He won a scholarship to Christ's College, Cambridge, where he studied under J. H. Plumb. His contemporaries included Simon Schama and Andrew Wheatcroft. He achieved a double starred first and became a junior Fellow in 1968, studying under Robert M.
William Sclater (writer) his summer home in Port Sydney, Ontario. William Sclater (writer) William Sclater (1906 - 1980) was a Scottish-Canadian journalist and naval officer, who won the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction at the 1947 Governor General's Awards for "Haida", his account of the history of the Royal Canadian Navy destroyer HMCS Haida. Born in Scotland, Sclater served with the British forces in Malaya from 1925 to 1927. He moved to Canada in 1931, joining the Royal Canadian Navy and attaining the rank of lieutenant-commander. He later worked as a journalist and as executive secretary of the Canadian Horse Show Association.