He was one of the panel of translators of the New English Bible and latterly Dean of the University of Edinburgh, where he was also Senior Professor Emeritus; he may also have been its oldest graduate.
He graduated from the University with first class honours in Classics in 1922. After time spent studying and teaching in Oxford, St Andrews and Germany, he rejoined the University in 1935 when he was appointed to the Chair of Old Testament Language, Literature and Theology.
In 1937 he was appointed to the Chair of Hebrew and Semitic Languages. He was Principal of New College and also Dean of the Faculty from 1964 until his retirement in 1968.
Porteous died in 2003, having achieved centenarian status.
NormanWalkerPorteous (September 9, 1898 - September 12, 2003) was a noted theologian and writer on Old Testament issues and the last surviving officer of the First World War.
Professor Porteous entered the University of Edinburgh as first bursar in 1916, but his studies were interrupted by World War I service in France, where he served in the 13th Royal Scots Fusiliers.
Porteous died in 2003, having achieved centenarian status.
The earliest possible reference, according to Lord Lyon King of Arms in Edinburgh, is to a Guillaume Porteuse (later William Porteous), who arrived from Normandy c 1400 under the patronship of the wealthy Fraise family (later to become the Frasers).
The home of the Porteous family for many hundreds of years was Hawkshaw in Peeblesshire.
A line of these so-called Peel towers was built in the 1430s across the Tweed valley from Berwick to its source, as a response to the dangers of invasion from the English borders.
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