Background
Turner, Robert Lowry was born on February 13, 1923 in Coleraine, Ireland. Son of William and Anne Mary (McGrath) Turner.
Turner, Robert Lowry was born on February 13, 1923 in Coleraine, Ireland. Son of William and Anne Mary (McGrath) Turner.
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, Queen's University, Belfast, Ireland. Bachelor of the Arts of Obstetrics, Queen's University, Belfast, Ireland, 1947. Doctor of Medicine, Queen's University, Belfast, Ireland, 1956.
House physician Ulster Hospital, Belfast, 1947—1950. Regional medical officer Liverpool Radium Institute, 1950—1952. Registrar in pathology Sheffield Royal Infirmary, 1952—1954.
Senior registrar in pathology Manchester Royal Infirmary, 1954—1957. Consultant cancer chemotherapy Royal Infirmary, Bradford, 1957—1981. Director clinical oncology unit University Bradford, 1972—1987, professor emeritus, since 1987.
Honorary consultant pathologist.
Active West Yorkshire Police. Fellow: Royal Society Medicine, Royal College Pathologists. Member: European Association Aquatic Mammals, British Society Haematology, Association Clinical Pathologists, British Medical Association.
Married Mary Turner.