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 which have absorbed ultraviolet photons, in order to determine molecular orbital energies in the valence regio ...

(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 findi ...

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

Imperial College Imperial College London (legally Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom. Its history began with Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, who developed his vision for a cul ...

in London. In 1967 he moved to

Oxford University Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...

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

Balliol College Balliol College () is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. One of Oxford's oldest colleges, it was founded around 1263 by John I de Balliol, a landowner from Barnard Castle in County Durham, who provided th ...

, 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 judges of the Royal Society of London to individuals who have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge, including mathematic ...

in 1973.

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External links

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