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Menu Home Upfront Now Up Books Towns Structures People Firms Lexicon PORTER, Arthur Harold Wilson Born: 1917 03 02 Died: 1978 03 17 Architect SACA: Reg No: 892 Year registered: 1944 Born in Johannesburg of architect father Harold Nixon PORTER and his wife Olive May Porter (nee Fincham, + 1984). He was schooled at Parkview School and later Parktown Boys High and Hilton College. Obtained his DipArch. (Witwatersrand) in 1943. In 1946 he obtained his Diploma in Town Planning, also from the University of the Witwatersrand. A.M.T.P.I., M.I.S.R.A. He started as a draughtsman with PORTER, BOHLANDER & PARTNERS and later became partner. In 1959 their address was 719, Corporation Building, Commissioner Street, (Box 2527), Johannesburg. In 1942 03 20 he married Violet Mary Winton by whom he had four children Roger, Barry, John and Gillian. He died in Johannesburg after a brief illness. Books citing PORTER ISAA. 1959. The Yearbook of the Institute of South African Architects and Chapter of SA Quantity Surveyors 1958-1959 : Die Jaarboek van die Instituut van Suid-Afrikaanse Argitekte en Tak van Suid-Afrikaanse Bourekenaars 1958-1959. Johannesburg: ISAA. pp 95, 189 ISAA. 1969. The Yearbook of the Institute of South African Architects and Chapter of SA Quantity Surveyors 1968-1969 : Die Jaarboek van die Instituut van Suid-Afrikaanse Argitekte en Tak van Suid-Afrikaanse Bourekenaars 1968-1969. Johannesburg: ISAA. pp 99, 129 Porter, Roger. 2011. The Founding of the Harold Porter National Botanical Garden. Hilton: Roger Porter. pp 77-78