Residence UK Name Charlie Martin Nationality British Role Scientist | Alma mater King's College London Education King's College London Known for Pulsed power Fields Physics | |
Born September 21, 1926
London, UK ( 1926-09-21 ) Institutions Atomic Weapons Research Establishment Notable awards 1977–Defence Nuclear Agency Gold Medal
1981–Erwin Marx Award
1989–CBE Died March 22, 1999, London, United Kingdom | ||
John Christopher "Charlie" Martin CBE (21 September 1926 – 22 March 1999) was a UK-born physicist, known colloquially as "the father of Pulsed Power".
He was educated at Kings College, London.
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. He was later awarded the Defence Nuclear Agency Gold Medal in 1977, one of only a few non-US citizens to receive it.
He was awarded the first ever Erwin Marx Award in 1981 at the 3rd IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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