British Crystallographic Association

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British Crystallographic Association
AbbreviationBCA
Formation1982
Legal statusScientific Organisation
Headquarters Harrogate, UK
Membership
600+
President
Richard Cooper
Vice-President
Suzanna Ward
Website www.crystallography.org.uk

The British Crystallographic Association (BCA) is an association for crystallographers, based in the United Kingdom. It is one of the largest crystallographic societies in the world. [1]

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The Association administers a Dorothy Hodgkin Prize and an Arnold Beevers Bursary Fund. [2]

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References

  1. Blow, David; Wallwork, Stephen (May 2004). "Prehistory of the British Crystallographic Association". Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London . 58 (2). The Royal Society: 177–186. doi:10.1098/rsnr.2004.0054. JSTOR   4142049.
  2. "Arnold Beevers Bursary Fund deadline". British Crystallographic Association. Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2014.