Philip Douglas Lawley (4 July 1927 – 18 December 2011 ) was a British

chemist A chemist (from Greek ''chēm(ía)'' alchemy; replacing ''chymist'' from Medieval Latin ''alchemist'') is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties. Chemists carefully describe t ...

, best known for demonstrating that DNA damage was the base cause of cancer working with Peter Brookes. In January 2003 the ICR honoured the achievements of Brookes and Lawley by naming a £21m laboratory after them. It is devoted to research on the genetic nature of cancer and located next to the Haddow laboratories.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lawley, Philip British chemists 1927 births 2011 deaths Alumni of the University of Oxford British biochemists Academics of the Institute of Cancer Research People from Abbots Bromley