DuPorte, Ernest Melville National Historic Person

Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec
Dr. E. Duporte, Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Kenneth Bowe [photographer], circa 1971, McGill University Archives, PR044397 (© Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences | Faculté des sciences de l'agriculture et de l'environnement / Kenneth Bowe [photographer | photographe] / McGill University Archives | Archives de l'université McGill / PR044397)
Dr. E. Duporte, circa 1971
(© Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences | Faculté des sciences de l'agriculture et de l'environnement / Kenneth Bowe [photographer | photographe] / McGill University Archives | Archives de l'université McGill / PR044397)
Address : Macdonald-Stewart Building, Macdonald Campus, McGill University, 21111 Lakeshore Drive, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec

Recognition Statute: Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date: 2010-01-12
Life Date: 1891 to 1981

Other Name(s):
  • Ernest Melville DuPorte  (Designation Name)
Research Report Number: 2008-046

Importance: One of Canada's foremost insect morphologists

Plaque(s)


Existing plaque: Foyer and mezzanine of the Macdonald-Stewart Building, 21111 Lakeshore Drive, MacDonald Campus, McGill University, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec

This researcher and entomologist from the British West Indies was a leading expert on insect morphology. He significantly advanced scientific knowledge through groundbreaking studies on Orthoptera, such as crickets, grasshoppers, and locusts, helping propel Canada to the forefront of research on the subject. He spearheaded the establishment of the Institute of Parasitology on this campus in 1932. Through his brilliance, scientific contributions, and extreme perseverance, Ernest Melville DuPorte was able to overcome racial discrimination and achieve international stature within his profession.