Martin Gore

Professor Martin Gore CBE (February 1951 – 10 January 2019) was a leading British oncologist and cancer researcher. He was medical director of the Royal Marsden Hospital from 2006, and professor of cancer medicine at The Institute of Cancer Research.

Gore was the son of refugees who escaped the 1939 Invasion of Poland. He was educated at Bradfield College, where he proved himself to be a talented actor - brilliantly playing the sergeant in the 'C House' production of 'Reluctant Heroes' and, more notably, 'Shylock' in the school's production of 'The Merchant Of Venice'. He studied medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital. He joined the Royal Marsden in 1981, becoming a consultant in 1989.