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Sir David Christie Martin FRSE FCS FRIC FRSA CBE DCL (1914-1976) was a 20th-century Scottish-born scientific administrator, holding several senior positions. LifeMartin was born in Kirkcaldy on 7 October 1914 the son of David Christie Martin and his wife Helen Linton.[1] He was educated at Kirkcaldy High School then studied at Edinburgh University graduating BSc in 1937. Continuing as a postgraduate he gained a doctorate (DSc) in 1939. He then obtained a position as Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society of Arts in London where he remained for the duration of the Second World War. However, he was also seconded to the Directorate of Scientific Research for the Ministry of Supply.[2] In 1945 he became General Secretary of the Chemical Society. In 1947 he became Executive Secretary of the Royal Society of London under Sir Howard Florey at Burlington House. In 1956 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were James Pickering Kendall, Sir Edmund Hirst, Norman Feather and Sir George Taylor.[3] He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1970. He died at 9 Carlton House Terrace in London on 16 December 1976. FamilyIn 1943 he married Jean MacGaradh Wilson. They did not have any children. References1. ^{{cite journal |url=http://rsbm.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/24/390 |title=David Christie Martin, 1914-1976 |author1=Sir Harrie Massey Sec R.S |author2=Sir Harold Thompson F.R.S |date=1 November 1978 |publisher= |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |volume=24 |pages=390–407 |via=rsbm.royalsocietypublishing.org |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1978.0012}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, David Christie}}{{UK-bio-stub}}2. ^New Scientist, 22 Dec 1980 3. ^{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0 902 198 84 X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf}} 4 : 1914 births|1976 deaths|Alumni of the University of Edinburgh|Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |
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