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Sir Martin Wood | |
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| Born | 19 April 1927 |
| Died | 23 November 2021 |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Engineering career | |
| Institutions | Oxford Instruments |
| Projects | superconducting magnets |
Sir Martin Francis Wood (19 April 1927 – 23 November 2021) was a British engineer and entrepreneur. He co-founded Oxford Instruments, one of the first spin-out companies from the University of Oxford and still one of the most successful. 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.[2]
- ^ Williams, Peter (29 March 2023). "Sir Martin Francis Wood. 19 April 1927—23 November 2021". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 75: 479–501. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2023.0005. ISSN 0080-4606.
- ^ "Sir Martin Wood obituary". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 3 February 2022.