British Society of Rheology

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British Society of Rheology
Formation1950 (1950) (1940) [1]
Type Professional association
Location
  • United Kingdom
Membership
600 [2]
Official language
English
President
Prof Simon Cox
Key people
Dr Claire McIlroy (Secretary)
Website www.bsr.org.uk

A British society for those interested in all aspects of rheology.

Formed in 1940 by G. W. Scott Blair (Secretary), V. G. W. Harrison, and H. R. Lang as the British Rheologist's Club and changed to its present name in 1950. The inaugural meeting was on 16 November 1940 at the University of Reading, at which Sir Geoffrey Taylor was elected President, and its first major conference was at St Hilda's College, Oxford in 1944. A news journal, The Bulletin of the British Rheologist's Club began in 1941. This included some abstracts of papers, which in 1958 became a separate publication Rheology Abstracts which ceased as a printed publication in 2013. [1] [2] [3]

Scott Blair went on to become the first President of the renamed society in 1950. [2]

It awards a Gold Medal for outstanding contributions to the field as well as other awards and scholarships. It was a founder member of the International Society of Rheology and the European Society of Rheology. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Tanner, R I; Walters, K (1998). Rheology: An Historical Perspective. Elsevier Science B.V. pp. 44–6. ISBN   0-444-82945-8.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Rhian Phillips. "The British Society of Rheology Archive". archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. Jisc . Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  3. "Publications". www.bsr.org.uk. British Society of Rheology. Retrieved 29 March 2019.