Charlie Martin (physicist)

John Christopher "Charlie" Martin CBE (21 September 1926 – 22 March 1999) was a UK-born physicist, known colloquially as "the father of Pulsed Power".[1]

John Christopher Martin
Born(1926-09-21)21 September 1926
London, UK
Died22 March 1999(1999-03-22) (aged 72)
London, UK
Alma materKing's College London
Known forPulsed power
Awards1977–Defence Nuclear Agency Gold Medal
1981–Erwin Marx Award
1989–CBE
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsAtomic Weapons Research Establishment

He was educated at King's College, London.[2]

He was instrumental in the development of a US Nuclear Weapons Effects programme in the 1970s and received thanks in the history of the Defence Nuclear Agency.[3] He was later awarded the Defence Nuclear Agency Gold Medal in 1977, one of only a few non-US citizens to receive it.[1]

He was awarded the first ever Erwin Marx Award in 1981 at the third IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b David Fishlock (8 April 1999). "Obituary: Charlie Martin". The Independent. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  2. ^ John Christopher Martin; Thomas H. Martin; Arthur Henry Guenther; Magne Kristiansen (1996). J.C. Martin on pulsed power. Springer. ISBN 0-306-45302-9. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  3. ^ "Defense's Nuclear Agency, 1947-1997" (PDF). DTRA History Series. 2002. p. 238. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  4. ^ "Pulsed Power Conference History". Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2010.