Philip John Turner FRIBA FRAIC (1876 – 13 August 1943) was an architect and educator from Stowmarket, Suffolk.
Turner passed away from a heart attack on August 13, 1943, two years after he retired from being director at McGill's School of Architecture.
[2] Turner emigrated to Canada in 1906, and joined the McGill School of Architecture's faculty in 1910, where he first taught a lecture on Building Construction.
Turner became director at a time when student enrollment was very low, in the wake of the Great Depression in Canada and the outbreak of World War II.
[2] Turner also opened the door to co-ed education at the School of Architecture, which had not yet been done at any department within the Faculty of Engineering at McGill.
[2] The Philip J. Turner Prize was established in his memory at the School, and is presented to the student with the highest standing in the studio course, Design and Construction 2.