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Arthur Edwin Boycott FRS (6 April 1877,
Hereford Hereford ( ) is a cathedral city and the county town of the ceremonial county of Herefordshire, England. It is on the banks of the River Wye and lies east of the border with Wales, north-west of Gloucester and south-west of Worcester. With ...
— 12 May 1938,
Ewen Ewen is a male given name, most common throughout Scotland as well as Canada, due to the immigration of Scottish people. It is an anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic name, Eòghann. It is possibly a derivative of the Pictish name, ''Uuen'' (or 'W ...
) was a British
pathologist Pathology is the study of disease. The word ''pathology'' also refers to the study of disease in general, incorporating a wide range of biology research fields and medical practices. However, when used in the context of modern medical treatme ...
and
naturalist Natural history is a domain of inquiry involving organisms, including animals, fungi, and plants, in their natural environment, leaning more towards observational than experimental methods of study. A person who studies natural history is cal ...
. 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 Stout is a type of dark beer that is generally warm fermented, such as dry stout, oatmeal stout, milk stout and imperial stout. Stout is a type of ale. The first known use of the word "stout" for beer is in a document dated 1677 in the Egerto ...
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 Hereford Cathedral School is a private, co-educational boarding and day school for pupils of ages 3 to 18 years, from nursery to sixth form. Its headmaster is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. The school's premises a ...
sometime between 1886 and 1894 was returned to the school by his granddaughter Alice Gillett.


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1877 births 1938 deaths Fellows of the Royal Society People educated at Hereford Cathedral School British pathologists British naturalists People from Hereford People from Kemble, Gloucestershire Presidents of the British Ecological Society {{UK-scientist-stub