Arthur Edwin Boycott FRS (6 April 1877, Hereford — 12 May 1938, Ewen) was a British pathologist and naturalist.[1][2][3] While studying blood sedimentation he discovered that when test tubes are slightly tilted, sedimentation takes place at a much higher rate.[4] This "Boycott effect", named after him, is involved in the phenomenon where bubbles in stout beer sink even though they are lighter than the beer.[5]

On 8 December 2016, it was reported that a book that Boycott borrowed from Hereford Cathedral School sometime between 1886 and 1894 was returned to the school by his granddaughter Alice Gillett.[6]

References

  1. ^ Oldham, Charles. "A. E. Boycott, 1877-1938". Journal of Conchology. 21: 58–65. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  2. ^ Martin, C. J. (1 January 1939). "Arthur Edwin Boycott. 1877-1938". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 2 (7): 560–571. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1939.0017. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  3. ^ Diver, Capt C (1939). "Obituary of Professor A. E. Boycott, F.R.S". Nautilus. 52: 135–138. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  4. ^ Boycott, A. E. (1920). "Sedimentation of blood corpuscles" (PDF). Nature. 104 (2621): 532. doi:10.1038/104532b0. S2CID 4248321.
  5. ^ Lee, W.T.; Kaar, S.G.; O'Brien, S.B.G. (2018). "Sinking Bubbles in Stout Beers". American Journal of Physics. 84 (4): 250–256. doi:10.1119/1.5021361. hdl:10344/7193. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Overdue library book returned to school 120 years late". BBC News. 8 December 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
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