Biographical entry Martyn, David Forbes (1906 - 1970)

Summary

David Martyn was Officer-in-Charge, CSIRO Upper Atmosphere section 1958-1970, David Forbes Martyn was earlier CSIR/O Chief Scientific Officer, Radio Research Board 1944-1958 and Chief of Radio Physics 1940-1941. He was President of the Australian Academy of Science 1969-1970.

Details

Born Cambuslang, Scotland, 27 June 1906. Died 5 March 1970. Fellow, Royal Society 1950, Foundation Fellow, Australian Academy of Science 1954.

Related entries

Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

• Australian Academy of Science - Records, 1935 - 1989, MS 39; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
• David Forbes Martyn - Records, 1950 - 1954, MS 33; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Corporate Records and Archives Strategies

• David Forbes Martyn - Records, 1940 - 1970, Series 3 and others; Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Corporate Records and Archives Strategies. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Home, R. W., 'Martyn, David Forbes (1906-1970), Physicist', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 15, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2000, pp. 320-322. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A150379b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Martyn, D. F., 'Personal Notes on the Early Days of Our Academy', Records of the Australian Academy of Science, vol. 1, no. 2, 1967, pp. 53-72. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9670120053.htm. Details
• Piddington, J. H. and Oliphant, M. L., 'David Forbes Martyn', Records of the Australian Academy of Science, vol. 2, no. 2, 1972, pp. 47-60. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9720220047.htm. Details

Online Resources

• 'Martyn, David Forbes - Ms 33', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/basser/manuscript-collection/ms033.html. Details
• 'Martyn, David Forbes', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P000623p.htm. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Martyn, D F', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-619728. Details
• Piddington, J. H. and Oliphant, M. L., 'David Forbes Martyn 1906-1970', in Australian Academy of Science Biographical Memoirs, Australian Academy of Science, 2006, http://www.science.org.au/fellows/memoirs/martyn.html. Details

See also

• Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P000623. Details
• Science and the making of Victoria, with Royal Society of Victoria, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/smv/scripts/smv-dynindex.php3?EID=P000623. Details
• Crompton, R. W., 'Leonard George Holden Huxley 1902-198', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 8, no. 4, 1991, pp. 249-264. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9910840249.htm. Details
• Davies, Susan, 'R. v.d. R. Wooley in Australia', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 6, no. 1, 1984, pp. 59-69. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9840610059.htm. Details
• Paterson, M. S., 'John Conrad Jaeger 1907-1979', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 5, no. 3, 1982, pp. 64-88. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9820530064.htm. Details
• Wisdom, John, A History of Defence Science in Australia, Defence Science and Technology Organisation, Melbourne, 1995, 267 pp. Details