David Forbes Martyn

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David Forbes Martyn
Born(1906-06-27)27 June 1906
The Chree Medal and Prize (1955)
Scientific career
InstitutionsImperial College London

David Forbes Martyn

FAA FRS (27 June 1906 – 5 March 1970) was a Scottish-born Australian physicist and radiographer.[1][2][3][4]

Education

Martyn was educated at

PhD in 1929; and a Doctor of Science degree in 1936.[2]

Career

Martyn moved to Australia in 1927 to take up one of the first posts in radio research there. He contributed to the development of coastal and air defence RADAR for Australia during

Royal Society of New Zealand in the same year, an award set up for outstanding scientific research.[7][8] He was elected FRS of London in 1950.[1]

Australia did not have a learned society for the whole of the

International Space Hall of Fame in 1980.[9]

His tours, lectures, diplomacy and encouragement were strongly influential in establishing an effectively communicating Australian scientific community. His main interests were radiographic studies of the upper atmosphere and the sun, though his main contributions were theoretical. In 1959, Martyn delivered the first four of the annual series of ABC lectures (subsequently named the Boyer Lectures) on "Society in the Space Age".[2]

Personal

Martyn was born in Cambuslang, Scotland, the son of Harry Somerville Martyn, ophthalmic surgeon and Elizabeth Craig Allan, née Thom.[4] He was a keen trout fisherman, which partly explains his growing interests in environmental matters.[2] He married Margot Adams, from Sydney in 1944. They had no children.[2] He died in Camden, New South Wales on 5 March 1970.[4]

References

  1. ^
    S2CID 73025640
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  2. ^ a b c d e f g Australian Academy of Science Profile
  3. ^ The International Space Hall of Fame
  4. ^ a b c R. W. Home, "Martyn, David Forbes (1906–1970)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. First published in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 15, (MUP), 2000.
  5. Australian National Research Council
    , retrieved 2010-06-06.
  6. ^ "Tides found in atmosphere", The Sydney Morning Herald, 9 September 1947
  7. Royal Society of New Zealand
    . Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  8. Royal Society of New Zealand
    . Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  9. ^ McClellan, Doug (5 October 1980). "Space Hall of Fame Honors Four". El Paso Times. El Paso, Texas. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
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