Charles Porter Ellington (1952âÂÂ2019) was a British zoologist, emeritus Fellow Downing College, Cambridge, and professor emeritus at University of Cambridge.
Ellington was educated at Duke University where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1973. He moved to Cambridge where he was awarded a Master of Arts degree in 1979 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1982.
Ellington did research on animal mechanics.
Ellington was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1998. His nomination reads