Arthur Boycott Explained

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. 19 January 2016.
2. Martin. C. J.. Arthur Edwin Boycott. 1877-1938. Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 1 January 1939. 2. 7. 560–571. 10.1098/rsbm.1939.0017. 19 January 2016.
3. Diver. Capt C. Obituary of Professor A. E. Boycott, F.R.S. Nautilus. 1939. 52. 135–138. 19 January 2016.
4. A. E. . Boycott . Sedimentation of blood corpuscles . Nature . 1920 . 104 . 2621 . 532 . 10.1038/104532b0 . 4248321 .
5. W.T. . Lee . S.G. . Kaar . S.B.G. . O'Brien . Sinking Bubbles in Stout Beers . American Journal of Physics . 2018 . 84 . 4 . 250–256 . 10.1119/1.5021361 . 13 March 2020. 10344/7193 . free .
6. News: Overdue library book returned to school 120 years late. 2016-12-08. BBC News. en-GB. 2016-12-09.