David Warren Turner (born 1927) is a physical chemist known for the development of

ultra-violet photoelectron spectroscopy Ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS) refers to the measurement of kinetic energy spectra of photoelectrons emitted by molecules that have absorbed ultraviolet photons, in order to determine molecular orbital energies in the valence region. ...

(UPS), a technique for the measurement of

molecular orbital In chemistry, a molecular orbital is a mathematical function describing the location and wave-like behavior of an electron in a molecule. This function can be used to calculate chemical and physical properties such as the probability of finding ...

energies in gas-phase molecules. His first paper on photoelectron spectroscopy was published in 1962 when he worked at

Imperial College Imperial College London, also known as Imperial, is a public research university in London, England. Its history began with Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, who envisioned a cultural district in South Kensington that included museums ...

in London. In 1967 he moved to

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to continue his research in Oxford's Physical Chemistry Laboratory as Fellow and Tutor at

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, where he spent the rest of his career. He was elected a

Fellow of the Royal Society Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted by the Fellows of the Royal Society of London to individuals who have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural science, natural knowledge, incl ...

in 1973.

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The (Oxford) Physical & Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory - The First Sixty Years
(Contents on left - click on Photoelelectron Spectroscopy)
Interview: Dr. Christopher R. Brundle
(student of David Turner) with recollection of the development of the first photoelectron spectrometer. {{DEFAULTSORT:Turner, David W. 1927 births Living people British physical chemists Fellows of Balliol College, Oxford Fellows of the Royal Society