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The British Science Association (BSA) is a charity and learned society founded in 1831 to aid in the promotion and development of science.<ref name=about/> Until 2009 it was known as the British Association for the Advancement of Science (BA).<ref>Robert Winston, New Scientist, 3 February 2009.</ref> The current Chief Executive is Hannah Russell. The BSA's mission is to get more people engaged in the field of science by coordinating, delivering, and overseeing different projects that are suited to achieve these goals.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The BSA "envisions a society in which a diverse group of people can learn and apply the sciences in which they learn."<ref name="British Science Association">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and is managed by a professional staff located at their Head Office in the Wellcome Wolfson Building.<ref name="British Science Association"/> The BSA offers a wide variety of activities and events that both recognise and encourage people to be involved in science.<ref name="Our organisation">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> These include the British Science Festival, British Science Week, the CREST Awards, For Thought, The Ideas Fund, along with regional and local events.<ref name="Our organisation"/>

HistoryEdit

FoundationEdit

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The former British Science Association logo launched in 2009
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Old logo used for "The BA"

The Association was founded in 1831<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> and modelled on the German Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Ärzte.<ref>The German organisation was founded in 1822.</ref> It was founded during post-war reconstruction after the Peninsula war to improve the advancement of science in England.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The prime mover (who is regarded as the main founder) was Reverend William Vernon Harcourt, following a suggestion by Sir David Brewster, who was disillusioned with the elitist and conservative attitude of the Royal Society. Charles Babbage, William Whewell and J. F. W. Johnston<ref>David Knight, 'Johnston, James Finlay Weir (1796–1855)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004.</ref> are also considered to be founding members. The first meeting was held in York (at the Yorkshire Museum) on Tuesday 27 September 1831 with various scientific papers being presented on the following days. It was chaired by Viscount Milton, president of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society, and "upwards of 300 gentlemen" attended the meeting.<ref>Caledonian Mercury, 6 October 1831.</ref> The Preston Mercury recorded that those gathered consisted of "persons of distinction from various parts of the kingdom, together with several of the gentry of Yorkshire and the members of philosopher societies in this country". The newspaper published the names of over a hundred of those attending and these included, amongst others, eighteen clergymen, eleven doctors, four knights, two Viscounts and one Lord.<ref>Preston Chronicle, 8 October 1831.</ref>

From that date onwards a meeting was held annually at a place chosen at a previous meeting. In 1832, for example, the meeting was held in Oxford, chaired by Reverend Dr William Buckland. By this stage the Association had four sections: Physics (including Mathematics and Mechanical Arts), Chemistry (including Mineralogy and Chemical Arts), Geology (including Geography) and Natural History.<ref>Jackson's Oxford Journal, 23 June 1832.</ref><ref name=":2">Template:Cite book</ref>

During this second meeting, the first objects and rules of the Association were published. Objects included systematically directing the acquisition of scientific knowledge, spreading this knowledge as well as discussion between scientists across the world, and to focus on furthering science by removing obstacles to progress.<ref name=":2" /> The rules established included what constituted a member of the Association, the fee to remain a member, and the process for future meetings. They also include dividing the members into different committees. These committees separated members into their preferred subject matter, and were to recommend investigations into areas of interest, then report on these findings, as well as progress in their science at the annual meetings.<ref name=":2"/>

Additional sections were added throughout the years by either splitting off part of an original section, like making Geography and Ethnology its own section apart from Geology in 1851, or by defining a new subject area of discussion, such as Anthropology in 1869.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

A very important decision in the Association's history was made in 1842 when it was resolved to create a "physical observatory". A building that became well known as the Kew Observatory was taken on for the purpose and Francis Ronalds was chosen as the inaugural Honorary Director. Kew Observatory quickly became one of the most renowned meteorological and geomagnetic observatories in the world.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> The Association relinquished control of the Kew Observatory in 1871 to the management of the Royal Society, after a large donation to grant the observatory its independence.<ref name=":1">Template:Cite book</ref>

In 1872, the Association purchased its first central office in London, acquiring four rooms at 22 Albemarle Street. This office was intended to be a resource for members of the Association.<ref name=":1"/>

One of the most famous events linked to the Association Meeting was an exchange between Thomas Henry Huxley and Bishop Samuel Wilberforce in 1860 (see the 1860 Oxford evolution debate). Although it is often described as a "debate", the exchange occurred after the presentation of a paper by Prof Draper of New York, on the intellectual development of Europe with relation to Darwin's theory (one of a number of scientific papers presented during the week) and the subsequent discussion involved a number of other participants (although Wilberforce and Huxley were the most prominent).<ref>Oxford Chronicle, 7 July 1860.</ref> Although a number of newspapers made passing references to the exchange,<ref>Liverpool Mercury, 5 July 1860.</ref> it was not until later that it was accorded greater significance in the evolution debate.<ref>Jackson's Oxford Journal, 4 August 1894.</ref>

Electrical standardsEdit

One of the most important contributions of the British Association was the establishment of standards for electrical usage: the ohm as the unit of electrical resistance, the volt as the unit of electrical potential, and the ampere as the unit of electrical current.<ref name=Hunt1994>"The Ohm is where the Art is: British Telegraph Engineers and the Development of Electrical Standards" Bruce J. Hunt (1994) Template:Webarchive, Osiris 9: 48 to 63</ref> A need for standards arose with the submarine telegraph industry. Practitioners came to use their own standards established by wire coils: "By the late 1850s, Clark, Varley, Bright, Smith and other leading British cable engineers were using calibrated resistance coils on a regular basis and were beginning to use calibrated condensers as well."<ref name=Hunt1994/>Template:Rp

The undertaking was suggested to the BA by William Thomson, and its success was due to the use of Thomson's mirror galvanometer. Josiah Latimer Clark and Fleeming Jenkin made preparations. Thomson, with his students, found that impure copper, contaminated with arsenic, introduced significant extra resistance. The chemist Augustus Matthiessen contributed an appendix (A) to the final 1873 report<ref>Fleeming Jenkin (1873) Reports of the Committee on Electrical Standards appointed by the British Association for the Advancement of Science Template:Webarchive, link from HathiTrust.</ref> that showed temperature-dependence of alloys.

The natural relation between these units are clearly, that a unit of electromotive force between two points of a conductor separated by a unit of resistance shall produce unit current, and that this current in a unit of time convey a unit quantity of electricity.

The unit system was "absolute" since it agreed with previously accepted units of work, or energy:

The unit current of electricity, in passing through a conductor of unit resistance, does a unit of work or its equivalent in a unit of time.

Committee on Mechanical NomenclatureEdit

In 1888, at a meeting of the British Association in Bath, the Committee on Mechanical Nomenclature suggested three new units: the kine for velocity, equal to 1 centimeter per second; the bole for momentum, equal to 1 gram times 1 kine; and the barad for pressure, equal to 1 dyne per square centimeter.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Rp The London Electrical Review called the new units "an abomination, and wholly unnecessary" and attributed their creation to a "craze" for naming new units.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Rp William Henry Preece noted in 1891 that he had only seen one instance of use of the new units.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Rp By 1913, the units had fallen entirely out of use.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Rp

OtherEdit

The Association was parodied by English novelist Charles Dickens as 'The Mudfog Society for the Advancement of Everything' in The Mudfog Papers (1837–38).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

In 1878 a committee of the Association recommended against constructing Charles Babbage's analytical engine, due to concerns about the current state of the machine's lack of complete working drawings, the machine's potential cost to produce, the machine's durability during repeated use, how and what the machine will actually be utilized for, and that more work would need to be done to bring the design up to a standard at which it is guaranteed to work.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

The Association introduced the British Association (usually termed "BA") screw threads, a series of screw thread standards in sizes from 0.25 mm up to 6 mm, in 1882.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The standards were based on the metric system, although they had to be re-defined in imperial terms for use by UK industry.  The standard was modified in 1884 to restrict significant figures for the metric counterpart of diameter and pitch of the screw in the published table, as well as not designating screws by their number of threads per inch, and instead giving an approximation due to considerable actual differences in manufactured screws.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

In 1889, a member of the Rational Dress Society, Charlotte Carmichael Stopes, stunned the proceedings of a meeting of the Association in Newcastle upon Tyne by organizing an impromptu session where she introduced rational dress to a wide audience, her speech being noted in newspapers across Britain.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

In 1903, microscopist and astronomer Washington Teasdale died whilst attending the annual meeting.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Perception of science in the UKEdit

The Association's main aim is to make science more relevant, representative and connected to society.

At the beginning of the Great Depression, the Association's focus began to shift their purpose to account for not only scientific progress, but the social aspects of such progress. In the Association's 1931 meeting, the president General Jan Christiaan Smuts ended his address by the proposal of linking science and ethics together but provided no means to actuate his ideas.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name=":3" /> In the following years, debate began as to whom the responsibilities of scientists fell upon. The Association adopted a resolution in 1934 that dedicated efforts to better balance scientific advancement with social progress.<ref name=":3">Template:Cite journal</ref>

J.D. Bernal, a member of the Royal Society and the British Association, wrote The Social Function of Science in 1939, describing a need to correctly utilize science for society and the importance of its public perception.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> The idea of the public perception of science was furthered in 1985 when the Royal Society published a report titled The Public Understanding of Science.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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Sir George Porter

In the report, a committee of the Royal Society determined that it was scientists' duty to communicate to and educate the public.<ref name=":4">Template:Cite journal</ref> Lord George Porter, then president of the Royal Society, British Association, and director of the Royal Institution, created the Committee on the Public Understanding of Science, or COPUS, to promote public understanding of science.<ref name=":4" /> Professor Sir George Porter became the president in September 1985. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1967 along with Manfred Eigen, and Ronald George Wreyford Norrish.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> When asked about the scientific literacy of Britain, he stated that Britain was the least educated country compared to all the other advanced countries. His idea to solve this problem would be to start scientific education for children at the age of 4. He says his reason for such an early age is because that is the age when children are the most curious, and implementing science at that age will help them gain curiosity towards all disciplines of science.<ref name="the-scientist.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web

}}</ref> When asked why public ignorance to science matters, his response was

It matters because among those who are scientifically illiterate are some of those who are in power, people who lead us in politics, in civil service, in the media, in the church, often in industry and sometimes even in education. Think, for example, about the enormous influence of scientific knowledge on one's whole philosophy of life, even one's religion. It is no more permissible for the archbishops of today, who advise their flocks on how to interpret the Scriptures, to ignore the findings of Watson and Crick, than it was right for clerics of the last century to ignore the work of Darwin. Science today is all-pervasive. Without some scientific and technical education, it is becoming impossible even to vote responsibly on matters of health, energy, defense or education. So unless things change, we shall soon live in a country that is backward not only in its technology and standard of living but in its cultural vitality too. It is wrong to suppose that by foregoing technological and scientific education we shall somehow become a nation of artists, writers or philosophers instead. These two aspects of culture have never been divorced from each other throughout our history. Every renaissance, every period that showed a flowering of civilization, advanced simultaneously in the arts and sciences, and in technology too.<ref name="the-scientist.com" />

Sir Kenneth Durham, former director of research at Unilever, on becoming president in August 1987 followed on from Sir George Porter saying that science teachers needed extra pay to overcome the scarcity of mathematics and physics teachers in secondary schools, and that "unless we deal with this as matter of urgency, the outlook for our manufacturing future is bleak".Template:Cite quote He regretted that headmasters and careers masters had for many years followed 'the cult of Oxbridge' because "it carried more prestige to read classics at Oxbridge and go into the Civil Service or banking, than to read engineering at, say, Salford, and go into manufacturing industry".Template:Cite quote He said that reporting of sciences gave good coverage to medical science, but that "nevertheless, editors ought to be sensitive to developments in areas such as solid state physics, astro-physics, colloid science, molecular biology, transmission of stimuli along nerve fibres, and so on,Template:Cite quote and that newspaper editors were in danger of waiting for disasters before the scientific factors involved in the incidents were explained.Template:Citation needed

In September 2001 Sir William Stewart, as outgoing president, warned that universities faced "dumbing down" and that

we can deliver social inclusiveness, and the best universities, but not both from a limited amount of money. We run the risk of doing neither well. Universities are underfunded, and must not be seen simply as a substitute for National Service to keep youngsters off the dole queue... [Adding,] scientists have to be careful and consider the full implications of what they are seeking to achieve. The problem with some clever people is that they find cleverer ways of being stupid.Template:Cite quote

In the year 2000, Sir Peter Williams had put together a panel to discuss the shortage of physics majors. A physicist called Derek Raine had stated that he has had multiple firms call him up asking for physics majors. The report they made stated that it is critical that they increase the number of physics teachers, or it will have a detrimental effect on the number of future engineers and scientists.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

British Science FestivalEdit

The Association's major emphasis in recent decades has been on public engagement in science. Its annual meeting, now called the British Science Festival, is the largest public showcase for science in the UK and attracts a great deal of media attention. It is held at UK universities in early September for one week, with visits to science-related local cultural attractions.

The 2010 Festival, held in Birmingham with Aston University as lead University partner, featured a prank event: the unveiling of Dulcis foetidus, a fictional plant purported to emit a pungent odour. An experiment in herd mentality, some audience members were induced into believing they could smell it.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Festival has also been the home to protest and debate. In 1970 there were protestors over the use of science for weapons.

Science Communication ConferenceEdit

The Association organised and held the annual Science Communication Conference for over ten years. It was the largest conference of its kind in the UK, and addressed the key issues facing science communicators. In 2015, the BSA introduced a new series of smaller events for science communicators, designed to address the same issues as the Science Communication Conference but for a more targeted audience.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

British Science WeekEdit

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Logo of British Science Week

In addition to the British Science Festival, the British Science Association organises the British Science Week (formerly National Science & Engineering Week), an opportunity for people of all ages to get involved in science, engineering, technology and maths activities, originating as the National Week of Science, Engineering and Technology.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The Association also has a young people's programme, the CREST Awards which seeks to involve school students in science beyond the school curriculum, and to encourage them to consider higher education and careers in science.

Huxley Summit

Named after Thomas Huxley, the Huxley Summit is a leadership event run by the British Science Association, where 250 of the most influential people in the UK are brought together to discuss scientific and social challenges that the UK faces in the 21st century and to develop a link between scientists and non-scientists to ensure that science can be understood by society as a whole.<ref name="Huxley Summit | About">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On 8 November 2016, the British Science Association held the very first Huxley Summit at BAFTA, London.<ref name="Huxley Summit | About"/> The theme of the summit was "Trust in the 21st Century" and how that would affect the future of science, innovation, and business.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Media Fellowship Schemes

The British Science Association's Media Fellowship provides the opportunity for practicing scientists, clinicians, and engineers to spend a period of time working at media outlets such as the Guardian, BBC Breakfast or The Londonist.<ref name="nutritionsociety.org">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> After their time with the media placement, the fellows attend the British Science Festival which will offer these practitioners valuable working experience with a range of media organizations along with learning from a wide range of public engagement activities and be able to network with academics, journalists and science communicators.<ref name="nutritionsociety.org"/>

CREST AwardsEdit

CREST Awards is the British Science Association's scheme to encourage students aged 5–19 to get involved with STEM projects and encourage scientific thinking. Awards range from Star Awards (targeted at those aged 5–7) to Gold Awards (targeted to those aged 16–19). Overall, 30,000 awards are undertaken annually.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Many students who do CREST Awards, especially Silver and Gold Awards which require 30 and 70 hours of work respectively, enter competitions like the UK Big Bang Fair.

Patrons and Presidents of the British Science AssociationEdit

Traditionally the president is elected at the meeting usually held in August/September for a one-year term and gives a presidential address upon retiring. The honour of the presidency is traditionally bestowed only once per individual. Written sources that give the year of presidency as a single year generally mean the year in which the presidential address is given. In 1926/1927 the association's patron was King George V and the president was his son Edward, Prince of Wales. The vice-presidents for the Leeds meeting at this time included City of Leeds Alderman Charles Lupton and his brother, The Rt. Hon. the Lord Mayor of Leeds Hugh Lupton. The husband of the brothers' first cousin once removed - Lord Airedale of Gledhow - was also a vice-president at the Leeds meeting.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Citation</ref>

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List of annual meetingsEdit

  • 1831 (1st meeting) York, England.
  • 1832 (2nd meeting) Oxford, England.

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  • 1833 (3rd meeting) Cambridge, England.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 1834 (4th meeting) Edinburgh, Scotland.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 1835 (5th meeting) Dublin, Ireland.<ref name="21st meeting"/>
  • 1836 (6th meeting) Bristol, England.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 1837 (7th meeting) Liverpool, England.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 1839 (9th meeting) Birmingham, England.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 1840 (10th meeting) Glasgow, Scotland.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 1841 (11th meeting) Plymouth, England.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 1842 (12th meeting) Manchester.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 1843 (13th meeting) Cork, Ireland.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 1844 (14th meeting) York, England.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 1845 (15th meeting) Cambridge, England.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 1900 (70th meeting) Bradford, England.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 1901 (71st meeting) Glasgow, Scotland.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 1902 (72nd meeting) Belfast, Northern Ireland.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 1903 (73rd meeting) Southport, England.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 1904 (74th meeting) Cambridge, England.
  • 1905 (75th meeting) Various, South Africa.
  • 1906 (76th meeting) York, England.
  • 1907 (77th meeting) Leicester, England.
  • 1908 (78th meeting) Dublin, Ireland.
  • 1909 (79th meeting) Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
  • 1910 (80th meeting) Sheffield, England.
  • 1911 (81st meeting) Portsmouth, England.
  • 1912 (82nd meeting) Dundee, Scotland.
  • 1913 (83rd meeting) Birmingham, England.
  • 1914 (84th meeting) Various, Australia.
  • 1915 (85th meeting) Manchester, England.
  • 1916 (86th meeting) Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
  • 1917 No meeting
  • 1918 No meeting
  • 1919 (87th meeting) Bournemouth, England.
  • 1920 (88th meeting) Cardiff, Wales.
  • 1921 (89th meeting) Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • 1922 (90th meeting) Hull, England.
  • 1923 (91st meeting) Liverpool, England.
  • 1924 (92nd meeting) Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • 1925 (93rd meeting) Southampton, England.
  • 1926 (94th meeting) Oxford, England.
  • 1927 (95th meeting) Leeds, England.
  • 1928 (96th meeting) Glasgow, Scotland.
  • 1929 (97th meeting) Various, South Africa.
  • 1930 (98th meeting) Bristol, England.
  • 1931 (99th meeting) London, England.
  • 1932 (100th meeting) York, England.
  • 1933 (101st meeting) Leicester, England.
  • 1934 (102nd meeting) Aberdeen, Scotland.
  • 1935 (103rd meeting) Norwich, England.
  • 1936 (104th meeting) Blackpool, England.
  • 1937 (105th meeting) Nottingham, England.
  • 1938 (106th meeting) Cambridge, England.
  • 1939 (107th meeting) Dundee, Scotland.
  • 1940 No meeting
  • 1941 No meeting
  • 1942 No meeting
  • 1943 No meeting
  • 1944 No meeting
  • 1945 No meeting
  • 1946 No full meeting (An abbreviated one-day meeting was held in London on 20 July 1946; Sir Henry Dale was elected the new president.)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
  • 1947 (109th meeting) Dundee, Scotland.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 1948 (110th meeting) Brighton, England.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 1949 (111th meeting) Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
  • 1950 (112th meeting) Birmingham, England.
  • 1951 (113th meeting) Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • 1952 (114th meeting) Belfast, Northern Ireland.
  • 1953 (115th meeting) Liverpool, England.
  • 1954 (116th meeting) Oxford, England.
  • 1955 (117th meeting) Bristol, England.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 1956 (118th meeting) Sheffield, England.
  • 1957 (119th meeting) Dublin, Ireland.
  • 1958 (120th meeting) Glasgow, Scotland.
  • 1959 (121st meeting) York, England.
  • 1960 (122nd meeting) Cardiff, England.
  • 1961 (123rd meeting) Norwich, England.
  • 1962 (124th meeting) Manchester, England.
  • 1963 (125th meeting) Aberdeen, Scotland.
  • 1964 (126th meeting) Southampton, England.
  • 1965 (127th meeting) Cambridge, England.
  • 1966 (128th meeting) Nottingham, England.
  • 1967 (129th meeting) Leeds, England.
  • 1968 (130th meeting) Dundee, Scotland.<ref>Recent developments in electro-organic synthesis, Manuel M. Baizer, Naturwissenschaften August 1969, Volume 56, Issue 8, pp. 405–409.</ref>
  • 1969 (131st meeting) Exeter, England.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
  • 1970 (132nd meeting) Durham, England.
  • 1971 (133rd meeting) Swansea, Wales.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
  • 1972 (134th meeting) Leicester, England.
  • 1973 (135th meeting) Canterbury, England.
  • 1974 (136th meeting) Stirling, Scotland.
  • 1975 (137th meeting) Guildford, England.
  • 1976 (138th meeting) Lancaster, England.
  • 1977 (139th meeting) Birmingham, England.
  • 1978 (140th meeting) Bath, England.
  • 1979 (141st meeting) Edinburgh, Scotland.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • 1980 (142nd meeting) Salford, England.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 1981 (143rd meeting) York, England.
  • 1982 (144th meeting) Liverpool, England.
  • 1983 (145th meeting) Brighton, England.
  • 1984 (146th meeting) Norwich, England.
  • 1985 (147th meeting) Glasgow, Scotland.
  • 1986 (148th meeting) Bristol, England.
  • 1987 (149th meeting) Belfast, Northern Ireland.
  • 1988 (150th meeting) Oxford, England.
  • 1989 (151st meeting) Sheffield, England.
  • 1990 (151st meeting) Swansea, Wales.
  • 1991 (152nd meeting) Plymouth, England.
  • 1992 (153rd meeting) Southampton, England.
  • 1993 (154th meeting) Keele, England.
  • 1994 (155th meeting) Loughborough, England.
  • 1995 (156th meeting) Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
  • 1996 (157th meeting) Birmingham, England.
  • 1997 (158th meeting) Leeds, England.
  • 1998 (159th meeting) Cardiff, Wales.
  • 1999 (160th meeting) Sheffield, England.
  • 2000 (161st meeting) London, England.
  • 2001 (162nd meeting) Glasgow, Scotland.
  • 2002 (163rd meeting) Leicester, England.
  • 2003 (164th meeting) Salford, England.
  • 2004 (165th meeting) Exeter, England.
  • 2005 (166th meeting) Dublin, Ireland.
  • 2006 (167th meeting) Norwich, England.
  • 2007 (168th meeting) York, England.
  • 2008 (169th meeting) Liverpool, England.
  • 2009 (170th meeting) Guildford, England.
  • 2010 (171st meeting) Birmingham, England.
  • 2011 (172nd meeting) Bradford, England.
  • 2012 (173rd meeting) Aberdeen, Scotland.

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StructureEdit

The organisation is administered from the Wellcome Wolfson Building at the Science Museum, London in South Kensington in Kensington and Chelsea, within a few feet of the northern boundary with the City of Westminster (in which most of the neighbouring Imperial College London is resident).

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