Sir David Christie Martin CBE FRSE FCS FRIC FRSA DCL (7 October 1914 – 16 December 1976) was a 20th-century Scottish-born scientific administrator, holding several senior positions.
[1] He was educated at Kirkcaldy High School then studied at the University of Edinburgh, graduating with a BSc in 1937.
He then obtained a position as Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society of Arts in London where he remained for the duration of the Second World War.
In 1947 he became Executive Secretary of the Royal Society of London under Sir Howard Florey at Burlington House.
He died at 9 Carlton House Terrace in London on 16 December 1976.