# Martin Jay Davis

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{{Short description|American astrologer and fencer (1937–2022)}}
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'''Martin Jay Davis''' (September 7, 1937 – January 10, 2022) was an American astrologer and author specializing in [locational astrology](/source/locational_astrology). He was also a member of the United States fencing team (foil), and competed at the [1972 Olympic Games](/source/1972_Summer_Olympics) in [Munich](/source/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](/source/St._Louis%2C_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](/source/New_York_University), fenced for the school, and was an [NCAA](/source/NCAA) Second Team [All-American](/source/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](/source/1965_Maccabiah_Games) in [Tel Aviv, Israel](/source/Tel_Aviv%2C_Israel).<ref name=go/> At the [1963 Pan American Games](/source/1963_Pan_American_Games) in [São Paulo, Brazil](/source/S%C3%A3o_Paulo%2C_Brazil) he won a [gold medal](/source/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](/source/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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Category:20th-century American astrologers
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Category:American male foil fencers
Category:Competitors at the 1965 Maccabiah Games
Category:Fencers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Category:Jewish foil fencers
Category:Jewish American sportspeople
Category:Maccabiah Games gold medalists for the United States
Category:Maccabiah Games medalists in fencing
Category:Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games
Category:NYU Violets fencers
Category:Olympic fencers for the United States
Category:Sportspeople from St. Louis
Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in fencing
Category:Fencers at the 1963 Pan American Games
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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