{{Short description|American astrologer and fencer (1937–2022)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Martin Jay Davis | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date|1937|9|7}} | birth_place = St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|1|10|1937|9|7}} | death_place = Zeeland, Netherlands | height = | weight = | website = | country = United States | sport = Fencing | event = Foil | collegeteam = New York University | club = | team = | coach = | retired = | coaching = | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = 1972 | paralympics = | highestranking = | pb = | show-medals = yes }}
'''Martin Jay Davis''' (September 7, 1937 – January 10, 2022) was an American astrologer and author specializing in locational astrology. He was also a member of the United States fencing team (foil), and competed at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany.<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/da/martin-davis-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418043355/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/da/martin-davis-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Martin Jay Davis Olympic Results |accessdate=2011-02-23 |work=sports-reference.com}}</ref>
Davis was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and was Jewish.<ref>Bob Wechsler (2008). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Day_by_Day_in_Jewish_Sports_History/aOTWUl-9LQoC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22herbert+cohen%22+fencer&pg=PA159&printsec=frontcover "July 10; Mazel Tough,"] ''Day by day in Jewish sports history'', p. 116.</ref> He attended New York University, fenced for the school, and was an NCAA Second Team All-American in 1958.<ref name=go/> He graduated in 1959 with an engineering degree.<ref name=ol>[https://olympics.com/en/athletes/martin-jay-davis "Martin Jay Davis,"] olympics.com.</ref>
He was a gold medalist in Individual Foil at the 1965 Maccabiah Games in Tel Aviv, Israel.<ref name=go/> At the 1963 Pan American Games in São Paulo, Brazil he won a gold medal with the US fencing team (foil).<ref name="Pan-American-Games">{{cite web | url=http://www.todor66.com/Panam_Games/1963/Fencing.html | title=Pan American Games fencing results | accessdate=2011-08-18 | work=todor66.com}}</ref> His first title, ''Astrolocality Astrology'', won the Spica award for the best astrology book in 2000.<ref>Spica Publications, QLD Australia {{cite web|url=http://www.spica.com.au/shop/catalog/product_info.php?products_id%3D123 |title=Astro carto graphy - Astrolocality Astrology - Spica Publication's Online Shop |accessdate=2010-10-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220202738/http://www.spica.com.au/shop/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=123 |archivedate=2011-02-20 }}</ref>
In 2017, he was inducted into the NYU Hall of Fame.<ref name=go>[https://gonyuathletics.com/honors/hall-of-fame/martin-jay-davis/219 "Martin Jay Davis,"] gonyuathletics.</ref>
Davis died in Zeeland in the Netherlands, on January 10, 2022, at the age of 84.<ref>{{cite web |title=Martin Davis |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/23688 |website=Olympedia |access-date=4 January 2023}}</ref>
==Publications== *''Astrolocality Astrology'' (2000) Wessex Astrologer, Dorset, UK. {{ISBN|978-1902405056}} *''From Here to There: An Astrologer's Guide to Astromapping'' (2007) Wessex Astrologer, Dorset, UK. {{ISBN|978-1902405278}}
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