Career
He was a native of Dunkeld, Perthshire, and is said to have been educated at the University of Oxford. A James Martin, whose college is not mentioned, commenced Master of Arts at Oxford on 31 March 1522. He was professor of philosophy at Paris.
In 1556 he was proctor of the Germans in the university of Paris, and in May 1557 was chosen by them to negotiate with the king concerning a tax which he desired to impose on the university.
He subsequently is said to have become professor at Turin. He was dead by 1584.
