| Philip Lawley | |
| Birth Date: | 4 July 1927 |
| Birth Place: | Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire, England |
| Citizenship: | England |
| Fields: | Chemistry |
| Workplaces: | University of London Institute of Cancer Research University of Oxford University of Nottingham |
| Alma Mater: | University of Oxford University of Nottingham |
| Known For: | Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer |
Philip Douglas Lawley (4 July 1927 – 18 December 2011)[1] was a British chemist, best known for demonstrating that DNA damage was the base cause of cancer working with Peter Brookes.[1] [2] 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.[3]