Philip Lawley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Philip Lawley

chemist

Date of Birth: 04-Jul-1927

Place of Birth: Abbots Bromley, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 18-Dec-2011

Profession: chemist, biochemist

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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