Authorised form of name | Martin; Archer John Porter (1910 - 2002) |
Dates | 1910 - 2002 |
Nationality | British |
Place of birth | London |
Date of birth | 01/03/1910 |
Place of death | Llangarron, Herefordshire |
Date of death | 28/07/2002 |
Activity | Education: Bedford School (1921-1929); Peterhouse, Cambridge (1929) Career: Worked in the physical chemistry laboratory, Cambridge; transferred to Dunn Nutritional Laboratory, Cambridge (1933-1938) completed PhD in 1936; worked with Sir Charles Martin on antipelagra factor in pigs; Wool Industries Research Association, Leeds (1938 - 1946); head of the biochemistry division Boots Pure Drug Co., Nottingham (1946-1948); staff, Medical Research Council (1948-1952); published work on liquid liquid partition in 1941 with R L M Synge, went on to develop paper chromatography (1944); head of Physical Chemistry Division of National Institute of Medical Research at Mill Hill (1952-1956); chemical consultant (1956-1959); director Abbotsbury Laboratories (1959-1970); consultant, Wellcome Research Laboratory (1970-1973); Professorial Fellow, Sussex University (1973-1978); Robert A Welch Professor of Chemistry, University of Houston Texas (1974-1979) Medals and prizes: Nobel Prize (Chemistry) 1952 Honours: CBE 1960 Memberships: Millennium FRSC (2000) |
Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 16/03/1950 |
Age at election | 40 |
RSActivity | Medals and prizes: Leverhulme Medal 1963 |
Relationships | Married (1943) Judith Bagnall |
Source | Sources: Obituaries in The Independent (07/08/2002) and the Guardian (05/08/2002) Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2004 vol 50 pp 157-170, plate, by James Lovelock |
Code | NA4578 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
EC/1950/15 | Martin, Archer John Porter: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
IM/GA/WRS/8644 | Martin, Archer John Porter | nd |
IM/GA/WS/3917 | Martin, Archer John Porter | nd |
MM/24/5 | Letter from Archer John Porter Martin, Boots Research Department, Biochemistry Section, Island Street, Nottingham, to Dr Birger Drake, c/o Dr. H. Vasseur, Dursley, Gloucestershire | 20 August 1947 |