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| Born | Charles James Martin 9 January 1866 |
| Died | 15 February 1955 (aged 89) |
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Sir Charles James Martin CMG FRS FRCS[1] (9 January 1866 – 15 February 1955) was a British scientist who did seminal work on a very wide range of topics including snake toxins, control of body temperature, plague and the way it was spread, dysentery, typhoid and paratyphoid, nutrition and vitamin deficiencies, proteins, and myxomatosis as a means of controlling rabbit populations. He was a director of the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine, serving from 1903 to 1930.[1][2]
- ^ a b c Chick, D. H. (1956). "Charles James Martin. 1866-1955". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 2: 172–208. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1956.0013. S2CID 72172825.
- ^ Copping, A. M. (1971). "Sir Charles James Martin--A biographical sketch (1866-1955)". The Journal of Nutrition. 101 (1): 3–8. doi:10.1093/jn/101.1.1. PMID 4924885.