Charlie Martin (scientist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charlie Martin (scientist)

British physicist

Date of Birth: 21-Sep-1926

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 22-Mar-1999

Profession: physicist, nuclear physicist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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.