Commemoration of Jack Fowler's life, work, impact and legacy.

Abstract

Jack Fowler (formally Professor John Francis Fowler PhD, DSc, MD (Hon), FInstP, FRCR, FBIR, FAAPM, FASTRO, FACRO), who died on 1st December 2016 after a long career of 60 years, was a remarkable scientist and known to many in the field of clinical radiation biology as at the forefront of applying linear-quadratic dose-fractionation-time modelling to help improve a wide range of cancer treatments using radiotherapy.