Robert W. Horne (21 January 1923 – 13 November 2010) was a British virologist and expert in electron microscopy.
[1][2] In addition to his scientific interests, Horne was a sailing enthusiast and an artist who focused on marine art.
In 1959, he and Sydney Brenner pioneered the technique of negative staining in electron microscopy and used it to study virus structure, beginning with bacteriophages.
[1][3] With Peter Wildy and Willie Russell, Horne applied the technique to study the herpes simplex virus and the geometry of its capsid.
[4][5] In the 1960s, Horne, André Michel Lwoff, and Paul Tournier developed early systems of viral taxonomy.