| Authorised form of name | Martyn; David Forbes (1906 - 1970); physicist |
| Dates | 1906 - 1970 |
| Place of birth | Cambuslang, near Glasgow, Scotland |
| Date of birth | 27/06/1906 |
| Place of death | Camden, New South Wales, Australia |
| Date of death | 05/03/1970 |
| Research field | Physics |
| Ionosphere |
| Activity | Education:
Allan Glen's School, Glasgow; London University. BSc; PhD; DSc
Career:
One of the first Research officers, Radio Research Board of Australia (1930); joined Council for Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR); sent to Britain to study development of radar; seconded to the Department of the Army, Australia as Director of Operational Research for the fighting services (for 2 years); Principal Research Officer, CSIR (1944); Chief Scientist, Radio Research Board (1949); Officer-in-Charge, CSIRO Upper Atmosphere Section (1958); President, Radio Astronomy Commission (1948-1954) and President, Ionosphere Commission (1954-1960), both with the International Scientific Radio Union; died of a gunshot wound
Memberships:
Australian Academy of Science (Foundation Fellow)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 16/03/1950 |
| Age at election | 43 |
| Relationships | Married (1944) Margot Adams |
| Sources | Sources:
DSB; AE
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1971 vol 17 pp 497-510, plate, by H S W Massey |
| Royal Society code | NA2389 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1950/16 | Martyn, David Forbes: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/003000 | Martyn, David Forbes | nd |
| RR/54/38 | Referee's report by Sydney Chapman, on a paper 'The temperatures and constituents of the upper atmosphere' by David Forbes Martyn and O O Pulley | December 1935 |
| RR/58/78 | Referee's report by Edward Victor Appleton, on a paper 'The polarization of radio echoes' by David Forbes Martyn, J H Piddington and G H Munro | October 1936 |
| RR/70/170 | Referee's report by Edward Victor Appleton, on a paper 'Solar radiation in the radio spectrum - I. Radiation from the quiet sun' by David Forbes Martyn | 1947 |
| RR/69/218 | Referee's report by Harrie Stewart Wilson Massey, on a paper 'Atmospheric tides in the ionosphere - I. Solar tides in the F2 region' by David Forbes Martyn | 1946 |
| RR/69/219 | Referee's report by Harrie Stewart Wilson Massey, on a paper 'Atmospheric tides in the ionosphere. II. Lunar tidal variations in the F region near the magnetic equator' by David Forbes Martyn | 1946 |
| RR/70/172 | Referee's report by Sydney Chapman, on a paper 'Atmospheric tides in the ionosphere. III. Lunar tidal variations at Canberra' by David Forbes Martyn | 1947 |
| RR/71/190 | Referee's report by Harrie Stewart Wilson Massey, on a paper 'Atmospheric tides in the ionosphere IV. Studies of the solar tide, and the location of the regions producing the diurnal magnetic variations' by David Forbes Martyn | [1948] |
| RR/70/171 | Letter from Sydney Chapman, on a paper 'Atmospheric tides in the ionosphere. III. Lunar tidal variations at Canberra' by David Forbes Martyn to David Christie Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society | January 1947 |
| RR/51/28 | Referee's report by Edward Victor Appleton, on a paper 'The characteristics of downcoming radio waves' by David Forbes Martyn and A L Green | [October 1934] |
| RR/66/11 | Referee's report by Edward Victor Appleton, on a paper 'The association of meteorological changes with variations of ionization in the F2 region of the ionosphere' by J Bannon, A J Higgs, David Forbes Martyn and G H Munro | [June 1939] |
| RR/77/238 | Letter from David Forbes Martyn, on a paper 'The morphology of the ionospheric variations associated with magnetic disturbance. I. Variations at moderately low latitudes' by David Forbes Martyn, to D C Martin, assistant secretary of the Royal Society | 11 December 1952 |
| RR/77/239 | Referee's report by Harrie Stewart Wilson Massey, on a paper 'The morphology of the ionospheric variations associated with magnetic disturbance. I. Variations at moderately low latitudes' by David Forbes Martyn | 6 February 1953 |
| RR/79/38 | Referee's report by John Ashworth Ratcliffe, on a paper 'Electric currents in the ionosphere. I. The conductivity' by W G Baker and David Forbes Martyn | 14 March 1953 |
| RR/79/87 | Referee's report by John Ashworth, on a paper 'Electric currents in the ionosphere. III. Ionization drift due to winds and electric fields' by David Forbes Martyn | 19 May 1953 |