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Sir James Martin (11 September 1893 – 5 January 1981) was an Irish engineer who together with Captain
Martin's contribution to engineering was commemorated by the Northern Bank in its ''Inventor'' series of banknotes, which featured his portrait on the bank's £100 note. The note was discontinued in 2013 when the bank reissued its banknotes under the new Danske Bank brand.
Sir James Martin
at martin-baker.com 1893 births 1981 deaths 20th-century British inventors British aerospace engineers Irish inventors Irish military engineers English people of Irish descent British people of Irish descent Commanders of the Order of the British Empire People from County Down Knights Bachelor {{aviation-bio-stub
Valentine Baker
Valentine Baker (also known as Baker Pasha) (1 April 1827 – 17 November 1887), was a British soldier, and a younger brother of Sir Samuel Baker.
Biography
Baker was educated in Gloucester and in Ceylon, and in 1848 entered the Ceylon Rifles ...
founded the Martin-Baker aircraft company which is now a leading producer of aircraft ejection seats.
Life
James Martin was born 11 September 1893 in Killinchy Woods (now Glasswater Road), Crossgar,County Down
County Down () is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It covers an area of and has a population of 531,665. It borders County Antrim to the ...
in Ireland. He established his own engineering firm in 1929.
In 1934, he and Valentine Baker formed Martin-Baker; Captain Baker took the test pilot role. It was in a crash of their third design, the MB 3
MB3 is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy discovered in 1997 and located about 10 million light-years away from the Earth. It was discovered during an optical survey of the IC 342/Maffei group to which the galaxy is a member. MB3 is a companion galaxy of ...
, that Baker was killed.
In 1964 Martin was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Aero Club.
In 2004, Martin was inducted into the International Air & Space Hall of Fame at the San Diego Air & Space Museum.
Northern Bank
Martin's contribution to engineering was commemorated by the Northern Bank in its ''Inventor'' series of banknotes, which featured his portrait on the bank's £100 note. The note was discontinued in 2013 when the bank reissued its banknotes under the new Danske Bank brand.
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Sir James Martin
at martin-baker.com 1893 births 1981 deaths 20th-century British inventors British aerospace engineers Irish inventors Irish military engineers English people of Irish descent British people of Irish descent Commanders of the Order of the British Empire People from County Down Knights Bachelor {{aviation-bio-stub