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Archer Martin

British chemist (1910–2002)

  • Fame51.7
  • Momentum0.0
  • Wikipedia647
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Lived 1910–2002, aged 92United Kingdom
United KingdomUnited KingdomScientistsScientist
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  • Era
    1910–2002
    Aged 92
  • Awards
    6
    recognised works
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Updated 2026-06-08

A chemist who found a way to separate the inseparable — the technique that let scientists pull mixtures apart molecule by molecule, earning a Nobel and remaking analytical chemistry.

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Archer John Porter Martin was born on 1 March 1910 in Britain. Working alongside Richard Synge, he invented partition chromatography, a method that revolutionized how scientists could isolate and identify substances in complex mixtures. The breakthrough won them both the 1952 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Martin died on 28 July 2002.

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