David Porter (writer)

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Born|  (1945-08-10) August 10, 1945 (age 78)

Bootle

Died| June 10, 2005(2005-06-10) (aged 59)
Nationality| English
Citizenship| England
Alma mater| Birkenhead School
Occupation|

* Writer
* editor
* lecturer

David Robert Lester Porter (10 August 1945 - 10 June 2005) was an evangelicalism Christian writer, editor, and lecturer.

## Contents

* 1 Early life and education
* 2 Career
* 3 Personal life
* 4 Selected writings
* 4.1 As author
* 4.1.1 Biographical works
* 4.1.2 Other literature
* 4.2 As ghost-writer
* 5 Biography
* 6 References
* 7 External links

## Early life and education[edit]

Born in Bootle, which then was part of Lancashire, Porter's childhood years were in Birkenhead on the Wirral Peninsula. One of four children, all three siblings were sisters. As a teenager, he made a Christian commitment, accompanying his father on preaching engagements, and participating in the Urban Saints. He attended Birkenhead School on a scholarship.

## Career[edit]

Porter worked in Birkenhead Central Library while qualifying as a Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. In 1969 he took a position with Widnes Public Library. While there, he lectured in music bibliography at Liverpool Polytechnic. He read English at the University of Liverpool, graduating with First Class Honours. While doing so, he developed relationships with people involved with Evangelical movements and organizations. These included the Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship, Arts Center Group (founded by Nigel Goodwin, Cliff Richard, David Winter, and others), The London Institute of Contemporary Christianity, and the Scripture Union. He then served as book editor for Scripture Union Publishing (later known as Ark Publishing). Leaving this position in 1980, he Freelancer as an author and editor for a wide range of Christian publishers in the United Kingdom, sometimes serving as ghostwriter for another author having a personal story to tell.

## Personal life[edit]

David met his wife Tricia, a professional photographer, in Liverpool. After their marriage, they moved to Greatham, Hampshire, buying a cottage next door to L'Abri Fellowship. They have two daughters, Ellie and Lauren. After recovering from a long illness, he then suffered a series of Stroke, and died two months before his sixtieth birthday.

## Selected writings[edit]

### As author[edit]

#### Biographical works[edit]

* A disciple of Christ: conversations with Malcolm Muggeridge. Basingstoke: Marshalls, 1983. ISBN 9780551010598 [1]
* The practical Christianity of Malcolm Muggeridge. Downers Grove, Illinois, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, ©1983, 1984. ISBN 9780877849711 [2]
* Mother Teresa: The Early Years. Oxford [England]: Clio Press, 1986. ISBN 9781850891062[3]
* Translation into Dutch: Moeder Teresa: Haar Vroege Jaren. Haarlem: J.H. Gottmer, ©1986. ISBN 9789025720018[4]
* Translation into Italian: Madre Teresa di Calcutta: gli anni giovanili. Roma: Città Nuova, 1990.[5]
* Christian Peoples Alliance|Ram Gidoomal; David Porter. The UK maharajas. London: John Murray (publishing house)|Nicholas Brealey, 1997.[6]
* (with Colin Duriez) The Inklings Handbook: a comprehensive guide to the lives, thought, and writings of C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams (British writer)|Charles Williams, Owen Barfield and their friends. St. Louis, Mo.: Chalice Press, 2001. ISBN 9780827216228 [7][8][9]

#### Other literature[edit]

* The media: a Christian point of view, 1974. ISBN 9780854214327 [10]
* Sunday with the New Elizabethans. Eastbourne: Minstrel, 1988. ISBN 9781854240408[11]
* Children at play. Eastbourne: Kingsway, 1989. ISBN 9780860657873 [12]
* The Vienna passage. Wheaton, Ill. : Crossway Books, 1995.ISBN 9780891078241 OCLC 32429773 [13]
* Children at risk. Eastbourne, UK: Kingsway Publications, 1998. ISBN 0860659313 [14]

### As ghost-writer[edit]

* Parish of the Falkland Islands|Bagnall, Harry. Faith under fire. Basingstoke: Marshalls, 1983. ISBN 9780551010604 [15]
* László Tőkés| Tőkés, László. The fall of tyrants: the incredible story of one pastor's witness, the people of Romania, and the overthrow of Ceausescu. Wheaton, Ill. : Good News Publishers|Crossway Books, 1991. ISBN 9780891076247 [16]
* Translation into German: Im Sturm der rumänischen Revolution. ISBN 9783789334375[17][18].
* Nightingale, Rita. Free!: true release in Christ in a Bangkok jail. London: Marshall Pickering, 2000. ISBN 9780551032644 [19]
* translation into Danish: Fri. Kbh.: Royal, 1984 [20].
* Charles Fraser-Smith|Fraser-Smith, Charles. Four thousand year war. Paternoster, 1988. ISBN 9780853644675 [21]
* The man who was Q: the true story of Charles Fraser-Smith, the 'Q' wizard of World War II. Exeter: Paternoster, ©1989. ISBN 9780853644811 [22].

## Biography[edit]

* 2005 Duriez, Colin (August 2005). "David Porter, cultural critic, lecturer and writer, 1945-2005". Evangelicals Now: 14. Retrieved 6 December 2021.

## References[edit]

1. ↑ "Results for '9780551010598' [WorldCat.org]". www.worldcat.org.
2. ↑ Porter, David (December 6, 1984). "The practical Christianity of Malcolm Muggeridge". Inter-Varsity Pr. - via Open WorldCat.
3. ↑ Porter, David (December 6, 1986). "Mother Teresa: the early years". Clio Press - via Open WorldCat.
4. ↑ Porter, David (December 6, 1986). "Moeder Teresa: haar vroege jaren". J.H. Gottmer - via Open WorldCat.
5. ↑ Porter, David (1990). "Madre Teresa di Calcutta: gli anni giovanili". Città Nuova - via Open WorldCat.
6. ↑ Gidoomal, Ram; Porter, David (December 6, 1997). "The UK maharajas: inside the South Asian success story". Nicholas Brealey - via Open WorldCat.
7. ↑ "Results for '9780827216228' [WorldCat.org]". www.worldcat.org.
8. ↑ Review in TLS, the Times Literary Supplement, no. 5147, (2001): 30. London, News UK|Times Newspapers Limited.//https://www.worldcat.org/title/the-inklings-handbook/oclc/96786067&referer=brief_results
9. ↑ Review by B. Murdoch: Murdoch, B (December 6, 2002). "Surprised by C.S. Lewis, George MacDonald and Dante: An Array of Original Discoveries (Kathryn Lindskoog); Tolkien and the Lord of the Rings: A Guide to Middle-Earth (Colin Duriez); The Inklings Handbook (Colin Duriez and David Porter)". Literature & theology. 16: 228–232 - via Open WorldCat.
10. ↑ Porter, David (December 6, 1974). "The media: a Christian point of view". Scripture Union - via Open WorldCat.
11. ↑ Poetry anthology https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=9781854240408&qt=results_page
12. ↑ "Results for '9780860657873' [WorldCat.org]". www.worldcat.org.
13. ↑ Porter, David (December 6, 1995). "The Vienna passage". Crossway Books - via Open WorldCat.
14. ↑ PORTER, David (December 6, 1998). "Children at risk". Kingsway Publications - via Open WorldCat.
15. ↑ Bagnall, Harry; Porter, David (December 6, 1983). "Faith under fire". Marshalls - via Open WorldCat.
16. ↑ "Results for '9780891076247' [WorldCat.org]". www.worldcat.org.
17. ↑ https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?method=simpleSearch&query="Im+Sturm+der+rumänischen+Revolution"
18. ↑ Porter, David (1991). "Im Sturm der rumänischen Revolution". Oncken Verlag - via Open WorldCat.
19. ↑ Nightingale, Rita; Porter, David; Nightingale, Rita; Nightingale, Rita (December 6, 2000). "Free!: true release in Christ in a Bangkok jail". Marshall Pickering - via Open WorldCat.
20. ↑ Porter, David (1984). "Fri". Royal - via Open WorldCat.
21. ↑ Fraser-Smith, Charles; Porter, David (December 6, 1988). "Four thousand year war". Paternoster - via Open WorldCat.
22. ↑ https://www.worldcat.org/title/man-who-was-q-the-true-story-of-charles-fraser-smith-the-q-wizard-of-world-war-ii/oclc/20415483&referer=brief_results. Fraser-Smith was the original Q (James Bond)|Q of List of James Bond films|James Bond movies.

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