Sir Martin Francis Wood (19 April 1927 – 23 November 2021) was a British engineer and entrepreneur.

He created this business out of his research into magnets, and went on to build the first commercial MRI scanner,[1] an invention that has saved millions of lives throughout the world.

He also founded the Earth Trust to promote nature conservation at Little Wittenham and the Wittenham Clumps, The Oxford Trust for the promotion of scientific education and science-based enterprise, and the Sylva Foundation[5] to support sustainable forest management.

[6] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1987, was a recipient of the Order of the Rising Sun, and received honorary degrees from eight British universities.

He was President of Farm Africa, a development charity co-founded by his late brother Sir Michael Wood.