| 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 |