Martin Jim Aitken FRS (11 March 1922[1] – 13 June 2017[2]) was a British archaeometrist.
[3][4] Aitken was born in Stamford, Lincolnshire, and studied physics at Wadham College, Oxford.
He was a fellow of Linacre College, Oxford.
[5] He was Professor of Archaeometry at the University of Oxford from 1985 until he retired in 1989.
[5][6] Aitken organised annual meetings which became the Symposium on Archaeometry and Archaeological Prospection".