About A. E. Boycott
Lived 1877 – 1938 (aged 61). A. E. Boycott was a British pathologist, biologist and naturalist.
Arthur Edwin Boycott FRS (6 April 1877, Hereford — 12 May 1938, Ewen) was a British pathologist and naturalist. While studying blood sedimentation he discovered that when test tubes are slightly tilted, sedimentation takes place at a much higher rate. 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.
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.
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Who was A. E. Boycott?
British scientist (1877–1938)
When was A. E. Boycott born?
A. E. Boycott was born on 6 April 1877 in Hereford.
When did A. E. Boycott die?
A. E. Boycott died on 12 May 1938 in Gloucestershire.
What was A. E. Boycott's occupation?
A. E. Boycott was a pathologist, biologist and naturalist.
What nationality was A. E. Boycott?
A. E. Boycott was British.
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