British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. * British national identity, the characteristics of British people and culture ...

society for those interested in all aspects of

rheology Rheology (; ) is the study of the flow of matter, primarily in a fluid (liquid or gas) state but also as "soft solids" or solids under conditions in which they respond with plastic flow rather than deforming elastically in response to an applie ...

. Formed in 1940 by

G. W. Scott Blair George William Scott Blair (23 July 1902 – 30 September 1987) was a British chemist noted for his contributions to rheology. In fact he has been called "the first rheologist"D. Doraiswamy (2002) ''Rheology Bulletin'' vol 71, no 1. "Origins of ...

(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 The University of Reading is a public research university in Reading, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1892 as the University Extension College, Reading, an extension college of Christchurch College, Oxford, and became University College, ...

, at which Sir Geoffrey Taylor was elected President, and its first major conference was at

St Hilda's College, Oxford St Hilda's College (full name = Principal and Council of St. Hilda's College, Oxford) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. The college is named after the Anglo-Saxon saint Hilda of Whitby and was founded in 1893 as a ...

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. Scott Blair went on to become the first President of the renamed society in 1950. 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. Publishes: *''Rheology Reviews'': peer-refereed academic journal *''Rheology Bulletin'': news of interest to members

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{{Authority control Rheology Professional associations based in the United Kingdom