The honours and awards bestowed upon Archer Martin, National Institute for Medical Research,...

“We judge the worth of a scientist by the benefits he or she brings to science and society; by this measure Archer Martin was outstanding, and rightfully his contribution was recognized with a Nobel Prize” (James Lovelock, CH, CBE, FRS [1919-2022], writing in 2002)


The honours and awards bestowed upon Archer Martin, National Institute for Medical Research, London, awarded the Nobel Laureate Prize for Chemistry, 1952, for his invention, with Richard Synge, of partition chromatography:

SWEDEN, Svenska Läkaresällskapet [Swedish Medical Society], Stockholm, Jacob Berzelius Medal, 1951, a gold award medal by P.H. Lundgren after C.G. Qvarnström [1849], bust of Jacob Berzelius right, rev. winged Genius standing, filling a cup held by Isis seated right, sphinx at right, edge named (A.J.P. Martin), edge stamped mjv guld 1951, 56mm, 23ct, 144.35g (Storer 332; Brettauer 99), in blue case of issue, lid gilt-blocked ‘Svenska Läkaresällskapet ät A.J.P. Martin’;
SWEDEN, The Nobel Laureate Prize for Chemistry, 1952, a gold award by E. Lindberg for the Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademien [Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 1902], bust of Alfred Nobel left dividing legends, rev. robed female figures representing Science and Nature, the former holding a scroll and raising a veil over the head of the latter, who holds a cornucopia, tablet below named (Archer J.P. Martin, mcmlii), edge stamped mjv guld 1952, 66mm, 23ct, 204.08g (Storer 2615), in maroon gilt-blocked case of issue, named (Archer J.P. Martin);
The Presentation Certificate for the Nobel Laureate Medal, inscribed Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademien har víd sín sammankomst den 6 November 1952 í enlíghet med föreskrifterna í det av Alfred Nobel den 27 November 1895 upprättade testamentet beslutat att överlamna det prís som detta är bortgives för den víktígaste kemiska upptäckt eller förbättríng till A.J.P. Martin och R.L.M. Synge gemensamt, med hälften till vardera, för deras uppfínníng av fördelníngskromatografíen. Stockholm den 10 December 1952. Sigurd Nauckhoff, Kgl. Vet. Ak:s Preses Arne Werttgren Kgl. Vet. Ak:s Sekreterare [The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, at its meeting on November 6, 1952, in accordance with the provisions of the will drawn up by Alfred Nobel on November 27, 1895, decided to award the prize for the most important chemical discovery or improvement to A.J.P. Martin and R.L.M. Synge jointly, with half to each, for their invention of partition chromatography. Stockholm, 10 December 1952. Sigurd Nauckhoff, Prizes, Arne Werttgren, Secretary], in maroon gilt-blocked binding as presented, with the monogram of Alfred Nobel;
USA, City of Philadelphia, The John Scott Medal, 1958, a light bronze award medal, unsigned, arms of the city of Philadelphia and supporters, rev. wreath, named (A.J.P. Martin, Ph.D., F.R.S., for inventions in Chromatography and particularly Vapor Phase Chromatography, May 16, 1958), 102mm, in fitted maroon and black display case, lid gilt-blocked ‘John Scott Medal, A.J.P. Martin’;
USA, The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, John Price Wetherill Medal, 1959, a plated bronze award medal, unsigned [1925], bust of John Wetherill left, rev. oak wreath, legend at right, named (1959...A.J.P. Martin R.L.M. Synge – A.T. James), 51mm, in fitted blue display case, lid gilt-blocked ‘F.I.’;
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, [1960], C.B.E. (Civil), Commander’s second type neck badge by Garrard & Co, 65mm, in original black fitted case by Garrard & Co Ltd, 112 Regent Street, W1, with instructions for wear;
The Royal Society Tercentenary, London, Leverhulme Medal, 1963, a gold award medal, unsigned, by the Royal Mint, crest of the Society, rev. shield with arms of England in upper left quarter, edge named (Dr Archer John Porter Martin, C.B.E., F.R.S., 1963), hallmarked jhj [Jack James, Deputy Master] London 1963, 73mm, 9ct, 279.89g, in original red gilt-blocked case by the Royal Mint;
USA, American Pharmaceutical Association, Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Arlington, VA, Kolthoff Medal, 1969, a gold award medal by A. Belskie for Medallic Art Co, New York [1967], bust of Izaak Kolthoff facing, head turned to left, rev. legend, named (In recognition of contributions to Analytical Chemistry, A.J.P. Martin, 1969), 63mm, 10ct, 132.81g, in original black case of issue stamped Medallic Art Co, New York;
Institute of Measurement and Control, London, Callendar Medal, 1971, a frosted silver award medal, unsigned, for A.E. Poston, bust of Guy Callendar right, rev. legend, named (A.J.P. Martin 1971), hallmarked Birmingham 1971, 51mm, in blue fitted case by A.E. Poston & Co Ltd, Lonsdale House, Dowgate Hill, London EC4;
JAPAN, Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry, Honorary Member, 1971, a silver and partially gilt medal, unsigned, lion couchant to right, legend below, rev. JSAC logo, named (Prof. A.J.P. Martin, 1971), stamped 1000, 73mm, in black fitted case with gilt-blocked legend, hinges of case deficient;
JAPAN, Order of the Rising Sun [1972], Second class, set of insignia, comprising neck badge including paulownia flowers suspension, silver-gilt and enamel with red cabochon in centre, 83 x 55mm; star, silver and silver-gilt, with red cabochon in centre, ‘triple hook’ retaining pin, 94mm, complete with neck riband, in rio-nuri lacquered case of issue;
The Presentation Certificate for the Order of the Rising Sun, together with a translation in English, inscribed ‘The Second Class of the Order of the Rising Sun is hereby conferred upon Mr Archer John Porter Martin, Englishman, by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan...the Imperial Palace...the Thirty-first of the Third Month of the Forty-seventh Year of Showa’ [31 March 1972], with the seals of office of Eisaku Sato, Prime Minister, and Kazuma Yoshihara, Director of Decoration Bureau;
GERMANY, 25 Tagung der Nobelpreisträger, Lindau [25th Meeting of the Nobel Prize Winners], 1975, a heavy cast bronze medal by Marianne Kiesselbach, three naked females, their modesty hidden by shields bearing the signs of the planets, the staff of Æsculapius and a model of the atom, rev. cityscape, arms above, 126mm, in a blue plastic box, inside of lid with label ‘Dr Marianne Kiesselbach, Bildhauerin, 4 Düsseldorf, Moorenstr. 84’;
USA, The Mikhail Tswett Medal for Distinguished Research in Chromatography, 1976, a light bronze award medal, unsigned, for Medallic Art Co, Danbury, CT, bust of Mikhail Tswett half-left, rev. oak wreath, tablet named (A.J.P. Martin), 63mm, in dark blue fitted case;
ESTONIA, 75th Anniversary of the Discovery of Chromatography, Tallinn, 1978, a bronze award medal, unsigned, bust of Mikhail Tsvet facing, head turned to right, rev. names of the cities associated with Tsvet, named (A.J.P. Martin), 70mm, in wooden case with glazed lid;
USA, Merck & Company and the University of Connecticut, Randolph Major Medal, 1979, a light bronze award medal, unsigned, for Medallic Art Co, Danbury, CT, bust of Randolph Major half-right, head facing, rev. wreath, named (A.J.P. Martin 10-5-79), 76mm, in white card box of issue;
Chromatography Society Discussion Group, Martin Medal, 1983, a silver-gilt award medal by Tower Mint [1978], bust of Archer Martin left, rev. wreath, named (Dr Archer Martin F.R.S.), hallmarked London 1983, 45mm, in red leatherette case of issue;
AUSTRIA, Österreichische Gesellschaft für Mikrochemie und Analytische Chemie [Austrian Society of Analytical Chemistry], Fritz Pregl Medal, 1985, a bronze award medal by W. Gosser [1931], bust left, rev. legend, named (Archer J.P. Martin, in Würd...