Robert Lowry Turner (1923–1990) was a British scientist known for his pioneering work in cancer research and chemotherapy.
[1] He led a team in Bradford developing key parts of chemotherapy treatment, now a routine step for millions of people diagnosed with cancer.
Chemotherapy was made known to the rest of the medical world in 1959 after Turner, along with surgeon George Whyte-Watson, brought it into Bradford Royal Infirmary.
Turner's work began on a project which looked at the effect mustard gas had on childhood Leukaemia, and developed with the help of other experts and through money raised in the city.
To develop these ideas it was necessary to establish a local research base which was provided by the University of Bradford.