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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2024-05-10 human Ken McInnes updated 2025-05-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007379b.htm person Martin John Hume AACR2 26 September 1919 Place of Birth Dundee, Scotland Physicist John Hume accepted an appointment as Head of the Physics Department of the Cancer Institute, Melbourne in 1950, after having just completed a PhD at the University of London. The work of the department included the physical aspects of the medical use of beams of radiation and radioactive isotopes. He worked with Prince Henry's Hospital and St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne to enable them to utilise radioactive isotopes. At one point the department had a staff of 40 including 10 professional physicists. He served on the Board of Studies in Nuclear Science and Engineering at the University of Melbourne and on the National Health and Medical Research Council Advisory Committee on Radiotherapy and Radiation Hazards. He was also a member of the Australian Atomic Weapons Tests Safety Committee. He organised the first Australasian Conference on Radiation Biology in 1955 and the second in 1958. The conference supported him in founding the Australian Radiation Society in 1957. In 1960 he returned to the United Kingdom to a position at the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Agency (UKAEA).

Much of this entry, including the list of publications below resulting from his work in Melbourne, comes from his CV c1965 courtesy of Stephen Martin:

Papers published while with Cancer Institute

"The Physicist's Contribution to Cancer Treatment and Research", J. H. Martin, Med. J. Aust. 1952, I, 134.
"Radiation Doses to the Gonads in Diagnostic Radiology and their relation to the Long Term Genetic Hazard", Med. J. Aust. 1955, II, 806.
"The Relevance of a Variety of Radiation Sources to the Long Term Genetic Hazard", Aust. J. Science, 1956, 19, 45.
"The Use of Cadmium Sulphide Crystals in Probe and Needle Dose Measuring Systems", Brit. J. Radiol. (1956) 29,427. (G. F. Maulden and J. H. Martin)
"Necessity and Means of Protecting Patients in Diagnostic and Therapeutic Radiology", Proc. Coll. Radiol. Aust, (1957) I, 103.
"The Concept of Absorbed Dose and its Application to Radiotherapy", Commonwealth of Australia Health Department Technical Communication No. 71 (Prepared by J. F. Richardson and J. H. Martin) 1957.
"The Contribution to the Gene Material of the Population from the Medical Use of Ionizing Radiation", Med. J. Aust. (1958), II, 79.
"An Estimate of the Potential L,mkaemogenic Factor in the Diagnostic use of X-Rays", Med. J. Aust. (1958) II, 157.
"Protection of the Testis in the Treatment of Seminoma of the Testis", Med. Jo Aust. 1958, II , 602. (J. H. Martin and E. A. Evans).
"Globall Fallout in Australia during the period 26th November 1956 to 31st December 1957", Aust. J. Science, 1958, 21, 8. (D. Keam, L. J. Dwyer, J. H. Martin and E.W. Titterton).
"Experiments on the "Sticky Paper" Method of Radioadive Fallout Sampling", Aust. J. Science, 1958, 21, 99. (D. W. Kearn, L. J. Dwyer, J. H. Martin, D. J. Stevens, E.W. Titterton).
"An Apparatus for Loading and Unloading Ovoids", Brit. J. Radiol. 1959, 32j 277. (A. S. Manson and J. H. Martin).
"Tumours of the Bladder, Radiotherapeutic Aspects", Proc. Coll. Radiol. Aust. 1959, 3, 67.
"Radiation outside the Defined Field", Brit. J. Radiol. 1959, 32, 7. (J. H. Martin and Ann Evans).
"Radiation Hazards in Medical Practice", The Indian Practitioner, 1959, 12, 93.
"Globall Fallout in Australia during 1958", Aust. J. Science, 1959, 22, 51. (D. Ke:am, L. J. Dwyer, J. H. Martin, E. W. T:i.tte:eton).
"Strontium-90 in the Australian Environment, 1957-58", Nature 1959, 184, 755. (F. J. Bryant, J. H. Martin, D. J. Stevens, E. w. Titterton).
"Megavoltage Radiotherapy" , Med. J. Aust. 1959, II, 668. (W. P. Holman and J. H. Martin).
"Radiation Quality and Bone Marrow Dose in Radiology", Proceedings of the Second Australasian Conference on Radiation Biology. (J. H. Martin and G. Muller),
"Accuracy in Radiotherapy", Radiology, 75, No. 4, 552-558, 1960. (J. H. Martin, E. A. Evans and F. J. Anderson).
"Studies of the Narrow Beam Absorption Characteristics of Aqueous Solution of Metal Salts", Brit. J. Radiol. 1961, 34, No. 339, 176.
"Therapeutic Possibilities Using Particle Radiations", J. Coll. Radiol. Aust. (1960), 4, 55.
"Quantity and Quality of Scatte1.ed X Rays", Brit. J. Radiol. 1961, 34, No. 400. (J. H. Martin and G. M. Muller).

1940 1940 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) with first class honours in physics, St Andrews University 1940 1944 Career position - Scientific Assistant, later Junior Scientific Officer, Royal Aircraft Establishment 1944 1950 Career position - Physics Department, Royal Cancer Hospital London 1950 1950 Education - PhD Universiyt of London 1950 1960 Career position - Head, Physics Department Cancer Institute Melbourne 1951 1951 Award - Fellow Institute of Physics 1958 1958 Career event - Second Australasian Conference on Radiation Biology 15-18 December 1958 Holman, William Prout (1899 - 1972) Dwyer, Leonard Joseph (1907 - 1962) Titterton, Ernest William (1916 - 1990) Cancer Institute, Melbourne (1949 - 1986)

Head, Physics Department 1950 - 1960

 'Martin, John Hume', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Martin, John Hume Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Radiation Society of Australia Radiation Society of Australia 1957 Nature 180 120-121 Conference Proceedings: Radiation Biology: Proceedings of the Second Australasian Conference on Radiation Biology held at the University of Melbourne, 15-18 December, 1958 Martin, J.H. Radiation Biology: Proceedings of the Second Australasian Conference on Radiation Biology held at the University of Melbourne, 15-18 December, 1958 New York Academic Pres Inc. 1959