Dorothy B. Porter
American librarian (1905-1995)
Facts
23 properties- Instance of
- human
- Date of birth
- May 25, 1905
- Date of death
- December 17, 1995
- Place of birth
- Warrenton
- Place of death
- Broward County
- Country of citizenship
- United States[12]
- Ethnic group
- African Americans[13]
- Occupation
- bibliographer, curator, librarian, historian, writer
- Employer
- Moorland–Spingarn Research Center, Howard University, Normal School for Colored Girls[15][16][17]
- Field of work
- library science[14]
- Educated at
- Howard University, Columbia University School of Library Service, Normal School for Colored Girls[18][19][20]
- Award received
- Charles Frankel Prize, New Jersey Hall of Fame[21][22]
- Described by source
- Dictionary of American Library Biography Second Supplement, Celebrating African-American Librarians and Librarianship, American Women Historians, 1700s-1990s: A Biographical Dictionary, Notable Black American Women, Black Women Radicals[33][34][35][36][37]
- Manner of death
- natural causes[32]
- Movement
- Harlem Renaissance[24]
- Number of children
- +1[38]
🏷️ Also known as
en Dorothy Louis Burnett Porter Wesley
en Dorothy Porter Wesley
en Dorothy Porter
en Dorothy Louise Porter Wesley
en Dorothy B. Porter
ar دوروثي بي. بورتر
de Dorothy Porter
de Dorothy Louise Porter Wesley
de Dorothy Louise Burnett Porter Wesley
pt Dorothy Louise Porter Wesley
🔖 Identifiers · 37
- ISNI
- 0000000084561761
- VIAF cluster ID
- 93330769
- Library of Congress authority ID
- n50024748
- GND ID
- 17231190X
- Image (Wikimedia Commons)
- Dorothy Porter, 6-2-70 (cropped).jpg ↗
- American National Biography ID
- 1600330
- Archives at Yale agent ID
- people/64131
- BIBSYS ID
- 8080472
- BlackPast.org ID
- african-american-history/dorothy-porter-wesley-1905-1995
- Canadiana Name Authority ID
- ncf11281449
- CiNii Research ID
- 1140000791674291072
- Encyclopedia of African American History 1896 to the Present entry ID
- 0980
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- FAST ID
- 8155
- Freebase ID
- /m/0dk20t
- IdRef ID
- 058839992
- KBR person ID
- 14032410
- Libris-URI
- wt7bhjvf2pl4xpt
- NACSIS-CAT author ID
- DA05895259
- NUKAT ID
- n2019145222
- National Library of Greece ID
- 88675
- National Library of Israel ID (old)
- 000405818
- National Library of Israel J9U ID
- 987007463408505171
- Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
- 306239817
- Open Library ID
- OL20794A
- OpenMLOL author ID
- 177275
- Oxford Reference overview ID
- 20110803100338215
- Prabook ID
- 1667927
- Project Gutenberg author ID
- 38037
- RERO ID (legacy)
- A012475179
- SELIBR ID
- 327103
- WikiTree person ID
- Burnett-6192
- WorldCat Entities ID
- E39PBJth9YymwddCXYJQdDRYfq
- Yale LUX ID
- person/e58e0497-5c0e-41ec-9eae-da6d1bf9d914
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Award received 2
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Country of citizenship 1
Educated at 1
Employer 1
Ethnic group 1
Family name 1
Field of work 1
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Summary
Dorothy B. Porter was born on May 25, 1905[1], in Warrenton[2]. She died on December 17, 1995[3], in Broward County[4]. She worked as a bibliographer[5], curator[6], librarian[7], historian[8], and writer[9].
FAQs
Where was Dorothy B. Porter born?
Dorothy B. Porter was born in Warrenton[2].
Where did Dorothy B. Porter die?
Dorothy B. Porter died in Broward County[4].
Who was Dorothy B. Porter married to?
Dorothy B. Porter's spouses include Charles H. Wesley[10] and James A. Porter[11].
What did Dorothy B. Porter do for work?
Dorothy B. Porter worked as a bibliographer[5], curator[6], librarian[7], historian[8], and writer[9].
Where did Dorothy B. Porter go to school?
Dorothy B. Porter was educated at Howard University[18], Columbia University School of Library Service[19], and Normal School for Colored Girls[20].
What awards did Dorothy B. Porter receive?
Honors received include Charles Frankel Prize[21] and New Jersey Hall of Fame[22].