British Science Association#British Science Festival

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The Association was founded in 1831{{cite book|editor=Hessenbruch, Arne|title=Reader's Guide to the History of Science|author=James, Frank A.J.L.|chapter=British Association for the Advancement of Science|year=2013|publisher=Routledge|pages=106–107|isbn=9781134262946|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fjhdAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA106}} and modelled on the German Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Ärzte.The German organisation was founded in 1822. It was founded during post-war reconstruction after the Peninsula war to improve the advancement of science in England.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishscienceassociation.org/history|title=Our history|website=British Science Association|date=12 December 2014|access-date=2019-03-08|archive-date=23 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023214845/https://www.britishscienceassociation.org/history|url-status=live}} 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. JohnstonDavid Knight, 'Johnston, James Finlay Weir (1796–1855)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004. 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.Caledonian Mercury, 6 October 1831. 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.Preston Chronicle, 8 October 1831.

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.Jackson's Oxford Journal, 23 June 1832.{{Cite book|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/252857|title=Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.|last1=British Association for the Advancement of Science.|last2=Science|first2=British Association for the Advancement of|date=1831–1832|volume=1st & 2nd Meeting (1831-1832)|location=London.|access-date=12 April 2019|archive-date=12 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412154909/https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/252857|url-status=live}}

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. 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.

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.{{Cite book|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49150|title=Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.|last1=British Association for the Advancement of Science.|last2=Science|first2=British Association for the Advancement of|date=1851|volume=21st Meeting (1851)|location=London.|access-date=12 April 2019|archive-date=12 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412154913/https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49150|url-status=live}}{{Cite book|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46630|title=Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.|last1=British Association for the Advancement of Science.|last2=Science|first2=British Association for the Advancement of|date=1857|volume=27th Meeting (1857)|location=London.|access-date=12 April 2019|archive-date=12 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412153847/https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46630|url-status=live}}

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.{{Cite book|title=Sir Francis Ronalds: Father of the Electric Telegraph|last=Ronalds|first=B.F.|publisher=Imperial College Press|year=2016|isbn=978-1-78326-917-4|location=London}}{{Cite journal|last=Ronalds|first=B.F.|date=June 2016|title=Sir Francis Ronalds and the Early Years of the Kew Observatory|journal=Weather|volume=71|issue=6|pages=131–134|doi=10.1002/wea.2739|bibcode=2016Wthr...71..131R|s2cid=123788388 }} 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.{{Cite book|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93055|title=Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.|last1=British Association for the Advancement of Science.|last2=Science|first2=British Association for the Advancement of|date=1872|volume=41st Meeting (1871)|location=London.|access-date=13 January 2018|archive-date=1 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701223941/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93055|url-status=live}}

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.

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).Oxford Chronicle, 7 July 1860. Although a number of newspapers made passing references to the exchange,Liverpool Mercury, 5 July 1860. it was not until later that it was accorded greater significance in the evolution debate.Jackson's Oxford Journal, 4 August 1894.

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.[https://www.jstor.org/stable/301998?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents "The Ohm is where the Art is: British Telegraph Engineers and the Development of Electrical Standards" Bruce J. Hunt (1994)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126054156/http://www.jstor.org/stable/301998?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents |date=26 November 2015 }}, Osiris 9: 48 to 63 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."{{rp|52}}

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 reportFleeming Jenkin (1873) [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015067305402;view=1up;seq=5 Reports of the Committee on Electrical Standards appointed by the British Association for the Advancement of Science] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20150317024058/http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015067305402;view=1up;seq=5 |date=17 March 2015 }}, link from HathiTrust. 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.

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.{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Western_Electrician/v5dVAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=kine |title=Western Electrician |date=1888 |publisher=Electrician Publishing Company |language=en}}{{Rp|page=184}} The London Electrical Review called the new units "an abomination, and wholly unnecessary" and attributed their creation to a "craze" for naming new units.{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Electrical_Review/fyEAAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22committee+on+mechanical+nomenclature%22&pg=PA330&printsec=frontcover |title=The Electrical Review |date=1888 |publisher=IPC Electrical-Electronic Press,. |language=en}}{{Rp|page=330}} William Henry Preece noted in 1891 that he had only seen one instance of use of the new units.{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Telegraphic_Journal_and_Electrical_R/zUJlmDMmc2AC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22kine%22+%22bole%22+%22barad%22&pg=PA506&printsec=frontcover |title=The Telegraphic Journal and Electrical Review |date=1892 |publisher=Henry Gillman |language=en}}{{Rp|page=506}} By 1913, the units had fallen entirely out of use.{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_National_Engineer/KslSDuMMt4UC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22kine%22+%22bole%22+%22barad%22&pg=PA345&printsec=frontcover |title=The National Engineer |date=1913 |publisher=National Association of Stationary Engineers |language=en}}{{Rp|page=344}}

The Association was parodied by English novelist Charles Dickens as 'The Mudfog Society for the Advancement of Everything' in The Mudfog Papers (1837–38).{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/mudfogpapersetcn00dickrich|title=The mudfog papers, etc., now first collected|last1=Dickens|first1=Charles|last2=Bentley|first2=George|date=1880|publisher=London : R. Bentley|others=University of California Libraries}}{{Cite journal|last=Zerbe|first=Michael J.|date=2016-07-14|title=Satire of Science in Charles Dickens's Mudfog Papers: The Institutionalization of Science and the Importance of Rhetorical Diversity to Scientific Literacy|journal=Configurations|volume=24|issue=2|pages=197–227|doi=10.1353/con.2016.0016|s2cid=151876819 |issn=1080-6520}}

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.{{Cite book|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/94499|title=Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.|last1=British Association for the Advancement of Science.|last2=Science|first2=British Association for the Advancement of|date=1879|volume=48th Meeting (1878)|location=London.|access-date=13 January 2018|archive-date=21 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921150522/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/94499|url-status=live}}

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.{{Cite book|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95237|title=Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.|last1=British Association for the Advancement of Science.|last2=Science|first2=British Association for the Advancement of|date=1883|volume=52nd Meeting (1882)|location=London.|access-date=13 January 2018|archive-date=8 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408140653/https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95237|url-status=live}} 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.{{Cite book|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/85498|title=Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.|last1=British Association for the Advancement of Science.|last2=Science|first2=British Association for the Advancement of|date=1884|volume=54th Meeting (1884)|location=London.|access-date=13 January 2018|archive-date=1 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701220627/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/85498|url-status=live}}

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.{{cite book|author=Stephanie Green|title=The Public Lives of Charlotte and Marie Stopes|location=London|publisher=Pickering & Chatto|year=2013|isbn=9781848932388|page=64}}

In 1903, microscopist and astronomer Washington Teasdale died whilst attending the annual meeting.{{Cite web|url=https://ras.ac.uk/obituaries/Washington/Teasdale|title=RAS Obituaries - Washington Teasdale|website=ras.ac.uk|date=8 August 1830|access-date=2019-12-22|archive-date=22 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222182734/https://ras.ac.uk/obituaries/Washington/Teasdale|url-status=live}}

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.{{Cite book|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96080|title=Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.|last1=British Association for the Advancement of Science.|last2=Science|first2=British Association for the Advancement of|date=1932|volume=100th Meeting (1931)|location=London.|access-date=12 April 2019|archive-date=22 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322051346/https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96080|url-status=live}} 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.{{Cite journal|last=McGucken|first=William|date=1979|title=The Social Relations of Science: The British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1931-1946|journal=Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society|volume=123|issue=4|pages=237–264|issn=0003-049X|jstor=986583|pmid=11610647}}

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.{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.188098|title=The Social Function of Science|last=J D Bernal|date=1939}}{{Cite journal|last=Mackay|first=Alan L.|date=February 2007|title=J D Bernal: his legacy to science and to society|journal=Journal of Physics: Conference Series|volume=57|issue=1|pages=1–16|doi=10.1088/1742-6596/57/1/001|issn=1742-6596|bibcode=2007JPhCS..57....1M|doi-access=free}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/topics-policy/publications/1985/public-understanding-science/|title=The public understanding of science {{!}} Royal Society|website=royalsociety.org|access-date=2019-03-21|archive-date=21 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321191519/https://royalsociety.org/topics-policy/publications/1985/public-understanding-science/|url-status=live}}

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In the report, a committee of the Royal Society determined that it was scientists' duty to communicate to and educate the public.{{Cite journal|last=Bodmer Walter|date=2010-09-20|title=Public Understanding of Science: The BA, the Royal Society and COPUS|journal=Notes and Records of the Royal Society|volume=64|issue=suppl_1|pages=S151–S161|doi=10.1098/rsnr.2010.0035|doi-access=free}} 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.

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1967/porter/biographical/|title=The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1967|access-date=12 April 2019|archive-date=12 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012221917/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1967/porter/biographical/|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.the-scientist.com/news/sir-george-porter-on-british-science-64111|title=Sir George Porter on British Science|access-date=12 April 2019|archive-date=12 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412214710/https://www.the-scientist.com/news/sir-george-porter-on-british-science-64111|url-status=live}} 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.

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".{{cite quote|date=January 2020}} 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".{{cite quote|date=January 2020}} 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,{{cite quote|date=January 2020}} and that newspaper editors were in danger of waiting for disasters before the scientific factors involved in the incidents were explained.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}

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.{{cite quote|date=January 2020}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://physicsworld.com/a/uk-tackles-student-shortage/|title=UK tackles student shortage|date=October 2001|access-date=12 April 2019|archive-date=12 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412215902/https://physicsworld.com/a/uk-tackles-student-shortage/|url-status=live}}

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.{{Cite web

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The Festival has also been the home to protest and debate. In 1970 there were protestors over the use of science for weapons.

The Association organised and held the annual [https://web.archive.org/web/20090403025204/http://www.britishscienceassociation.org/web/ScienceinSociety/ScienceCommunicationConference/ScienceCommunicationConference.htm 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.{{cite web| url=http://www.britishscienceassociation.org/supporting-science-communicators| title=Supporting Science Communicators| date=12 February 2016| publisher=British Science Association| access-date=26 June 2017| archive-date=9 July 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709151258/https://www.britishscienceassociation.org/supporting-science-communicators| url-status=live}}

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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.{{cite web|url=http://britishscienceweek.org/|title=British Science Week|publisher=British Science Association|access-date=24 December 2014|archive-date=3 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403165926/http://www.britishscienceweek.org/|url-status=live}}

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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.huxleysummit.org/about/|title=Huxley Summit {{!}} About|access-date=2019-04-19|archive-date=19 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419191419/http://www.huxleysummit.org/about/|url-status=live}} On 8 November 2016, the British Science Association held the very first Huxley Summit at BAFTA, London. The theme of the summit was "Trust in the 21st Century" and how that would affect the future of science, innovation, and business.{{Cite web|url=http://www.huxleysummit.org/2016-summit/|title=Huxley Summit {{!}} 2016|access-date=2019-04-19|archive-date=19 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419191418/http://www.huxleysummit.org/2016-summit/|url-status=live}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nutritionsociety.org/grants-and-awards/british-science-association-media-fellowship|title=British Science Association Media Fellowship {{!}} The Nutrition Society|website=www.nutritionsociety.org|access-date=2019-04-19|archive-date=19 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419191426/https://www.nutritionsociety.org/grants-and-awards/british-science-association-media-fellowship|url-status=live}} 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.

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishscienceassociation.org/crest-awards/project-ideas|title=CREST Awards|website=British Science Association|date=2 March 2017|access-date=2019-01-16|archive-date=27 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127002254/https://www.britishscienceassociation.org/crest-awards/project-ideas|url-status=live}} 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.

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.{{cite web |title=Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science - Leeds 1927 (August 31 - September 7) |url=https://archive.org/details/reportofbritisha27adva/page/n7 |publisher=OFFICE OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION - BURLINGTON HOUSE, LONDON, W.l - 1927 |access-date=7 December 2018}}{{citation |location=University of Oxford 1926–27 |title=Report of British Association for the Advancement of Science |url=https://archive.org/stream/reportofbritisha26repo/reportofbritisha26repo_djvu.txt |website=archive.org |publisher=British Association for the Advancement of Science |access-date=21 September 2014}}

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• 1831: Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 5th Earl Fitzwilliam, statistician.{{cite book|title=Report of the Thirty-sixth Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, held in Nottingham in August 1866|chapter=Table showing the Places and Times of Meeting of the British Association, with Presidents, Vice-Presidents, and Local Secretaries, from its Commencement|year=1867|location=London|publisher=John Murray|page=xx|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OM1BAQAAMAAJ&pg=PR20}}
• 1832: Rev. William Buckland, palaeontologist
• 1833: Rev. Adam Sedgwick, geologist
• 1834: Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, astronomer
• 1835: Rev. Humphrey Lloyd, physicist
• 1836: Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne, statistician
• 1837: William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Burlington, Chancellor of the University of London
• 1838: Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland, Naval officer
• 1839: Canon William Vernon Harcourt, FRS
• 1840: John Campbell, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane, F.R.S.
• 1841: Rev. William Whewell, polymath and philosopher of science
• 1842: Lord Francis Egerton
• 1843: William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, astronomer
• 1844: Rev. George Peacock, mathematician
• 1845: Sir John F. W. Herschel, astronomer & polymath
• 1846: Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, geologist
• 1847: Sir Robert Harry Inglis
• 1848: Spencer Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton, geologist
• 1849: Rev. Thomas Romney Robinson, astronomer

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• 1850: Sir David Brewster, physicist
• 1851: Sir George Biddell Airy, Astronomer Royal
• 1852: Colonel Edward Sabine, Vice-president of the Royal Society Report of the twenty-first meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science
• 1853: William Hopkins FGS, mathematician and geologist
• 1854: Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby FRS
• 1855: George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll FRS, FRSE, FGS
• 1856: Charles D. B. Daubeny MD, FRS, botanist
• 1857: Rev. Humphrey Lloyd FRS, FRSE, physicist
• 1858: Sir Richard Owen MD, FLS, FGS, naturalist
• 1859: Albert, Prince Consort
• 1860: John Wrottesley, 2nd Baron Wrottesley FRAS, astronomer
• 1861: Sir William Fairbairn, civil engineer
• 1862: Rev. Robert Willis FRS, civil engineer
• 1863: William Armstrong, engineer and inventor
• 1864: Sir Charles Lyell, geologist
• 1865: John Phillips FRS, geologist
• 1866: William Robert Grove FRS
• 1867: Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch FRS
• 1868: Joseph Dalton Hooker MD, FRS, botanist
• 1869: Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet FRS, mathematical physicist
• 1870: Thomas Henry Huxley FRS, biologist
• 1871: Sir William Thomson FRS, FRSE, physicist
• 1872: William Benjamin Carpenter MD, FRS
• 1873: Alexander William Williamson FRS, chemist
• 1874: John Tyndall FRS, physicist
• 1875: Sir John Hawkshaw FRS, civil engineer
• 1876: Thomas Andrews MD, FRS, chemist
• 1877: Allen Thomson MD, FRS, FRSE
• 1878: William Spottiswoode FRS, mathematician
• 1879: George James Allman FRS, naturalist
• 1880: Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay FRS, geologist
• 1881: John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury MP, FRS
• 1882: C. W. Siemens FRS, FRSA, engineer
• 1883: Arthur Cayley, mathematician{{cite book|title=Report of the Fifty-third Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, held in Southport in September 1883|chapter=Table showing the Places and Times of Meeting of the British Association, with Presidents, Vice-Presidents, and Local Secretaries, from its Commencement|year=1884|location=London|publisher=John Murray|page=xxx|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mhBLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR28}}
• 1884: John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh FRS, FRAS, FGS, physicist
• 1885: Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair MP, FRS, FRSE
• 1886: Sir John William Dawson CMG, geologist
• 1887: Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe, chemist
• 1888: Sir Frederick Bramwell, civil engineer
• 1889: Sir William Henry Flower CB, anatomist
• 1890: Sir William Huggins FRS, FRAS, FBAS, astronomer
• 1891: Sir Frederick August Abel FRS
• 1892: Sir Archibald Geikie, geologist
• 1893: Sir John Scott Burdon-Sanderson, medical doctor
• 1894: Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury FRS
• 1895: Captain Sir Douglas Strutt Galton FRS, civil engineer
• 1896: Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister
• 1897: John Evans, archaeologist
• 1898: Sir William Crookes FRS, chemist and physicist
• 1899: Sir Michael Foster, physiologist

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{{hidden begin|toggle=left|title=Presidents 1900–1949}}

• 1900: Sir William Turner, anatomist and vice-chancellor from 1903 to 1916 of the University of Edinburgh
• 1901: Arthur William Rücker FRS, physicist
• 1902: Sir James Dewar FRS, chemist and physicist
• 1903: Sir Norman Lockyer FRS, astronomer and physicist
• 1904: Arthur James Balfour MP, FRS
• 1905: Sir George Darwin, older brother of Francis
• 1906: Sir Ray Lankester, zoologist{{cite book|title=Report of the Seventy-sixth Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, held in York in August 1906|chapter=Table showing the Places and Times of Meeting of the British Association, with Presidents, Vice-Presidents, and Local Secretaries, from its Commencement|year=1907|location=London|publisher=John Murray|page=xxxviii|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Q9LAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR38}}
• 1907: Sir David Gill CB, astronomer
• 1908: Sir Francis Darwin, son of Charles
• 1909: Sir J. J. Thomson, physicist
• 1910: Rev. Professor Thomas George Bonney, geologist
• 1911: Sir William Ramsay, chemist
• 1912: Edward Albert Schäfer, physiologist
• 1913: Sir Oliver Lodge, physicist
• 1914: William Bateson, geneticist
• 1915: Sir Arthur Schuster, physicist
• 1916–1919: Sir Charles Algernon Parsons, engineer
• 1916: Sir Arthur Evans, archaeologist
• 1920: William Abbott Herdman, oceanographer
• 1921: Sir T. Edward Thorpe, chemist
• 1922: Professor Sir Charles Scott Sherrington, neuroscientist
• 1923: Professor Sir Ernest Rutherford, physicist
• 1924: Major-General Sir David Bruce, microbiologist
• 1925: Sir Horace Lamb, physicist
• 1926: Edward, Prince of Wales
• 1927: Prof Sir Arthur Keith, anatomist and anthropologist
• 1928: Sir William Henry Bragg, physicist
• 1929: Sir Thomas Henry Holland, geologist
• 1930: Frederick Orpen Bower, botanist
• 1931: General Jan Christiaan Smuts FRS
• 1932: Sir James Alfred Ewing, physicist and vice-chancellor from 1916 to 1929 of the University of Edinburgh
• 1933: Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins, Nobel Prize winning (1929) biochemist who discovered vitamins
• 1934: Sir James Hopwood Jeans, astronomer
• 1935: William Whitehead Watts, geologist
• 1936: Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, statistician
• 1937: Sir Edward Bagnall Poulton, evolutionary biologist
• 1938: Robert Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh, physicist and son of Nobel Prize–winning John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh
• 1939–1946: Sir Albert Seward, geologist
• 1946–1947: Sir Henry Dale, physiologist
• 1947–48: Sir Henry Tizard, chemist and inventor
• 1948–49: Sir E. John Russell, agriculturalist
• 1949–50: Sir Harold Hartley, physical chemist

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{{hidden begin|toggle=left|title=Presidents 1950–1999}}

• 1950–51: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
• 1951–52: Archibald Vivian Hill, physiologist
• 1952–53: Sir Edward Victor Appleton, Nobel Prize winning (1947) physicist
• 1953–54: Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian, neuroscientist
• 1954–55: Sir Robert Robinson, chemist
• 1955–56: Sir Raymond Priestley, geologist and vice-chancellor from 1938 to 1952 of the University of Birmingham
• 1956–57: Patrick Blackett, Baron Blackett, physicist
• 1957–58: Alexander Fleck, 1st Baron Fleck, industrial chemist
• 1958–59: Sir James Gray, zoologist
• 1959–60: Sir George Paget Thomson, physicist
• 1960–61: Sir Wilfrid Le Gros Clark, primatologist and palaeoanthropologist
• 1961–62: Sir John Cockcroft CBE, Nobel Prize winning (1951) physicist
• 1962–63: Eric Ashby, Baron Ashby, llVice-chancellor from 1950 to 1959 of Queen's University Belfast
• 1963–64: Russell Brain, 1st Baron Brain, neurologist
• 1964–65: Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, Nobel Prize winning (1956) chemist
• 1965–66: Sir Joseph Hutchinson, biologist
• 1966–67: Willis Jackson, Baron Jackson of Burnley, technologist and electrical engineer
• 1967–68: Dame Kathleen Lonsdale, physicist who discovered the cyclic nature of benzene in 1929
• 1968–69: Sir Peter Medawar, zoologist and immunologist
• 1969–70: Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd, Nobel Prize winning (1957) biochemist known for nucleotides and coenzymes
• 1970–71: Sir Alexander Cairncross, economist
• 1971–72: Sir Vivian Fuchs FRS, explorer
• 1972–73: Sir Kingsley Charles Dunham, geologist and mineralogist
• 1973–74: Sir John Kendrew CBE, Nobel Prize winning (1962) biochemist who discovered the structure of myoglobin
• 1974–75: Sir Bernard Lovell, astronomer
• 1975–76: John Baker, Baron Baker OBE, structural engineer known for limit state design
• 1976–77: Sir Andrew Huxley, Nobel Prize winning (1963) physiologist, known for discovering nerve action potentials
• 1977–78: Prof Dorothy Hodgkin, Nobel Prize winning (1964) chemist
• 1978–79: Frank Kearton, Baron Kearton OBE,
• 1979–80: Frederick Dainton, Baron Dainton
• 1980–81: HRH the Duke of Kent
• 1981–82: Prof Sir Charles Frederick Carter, economist
• 1982–83: Sir Basil John Mason CB, general from 1965 to 1983 of the Met Office
• 1983–84: Sir Alastair Pilkington, inventor
• 1984–85: Prof Sir Hans Kornberg, biochemist
• 1985–86: Prof George Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham, Nobel Prize winning (1967) chemist
• 1986–87 Sir Kenneth Durham, Chairman from 1982 to 1986 of Unilever
• 1987–88: Sir Walter Bodmer, geneticist
• 1988–89: Sir Samuel Edwards, physicist
• 1989–90: Claus Moser, Baron Moser, director from 1967 to 1978 of the Central Statistical Office
• 1990–91: Sir Denis Rooke
• 1991–92 Sir David Attenborough
• 1992–93: Sir David Weatherall, haemotologist
• 1993–94: Dame Anne McLaren, IVF biologist
• 1994–95: Sir Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow FRS, astrophysicist
• 1995–96: Ronald Oxburgh, Baron Oxburgh, geologist and Rector of Imperial College London from 1993 to 2000
• 1996–97: Sir Derek Roberts CBE, electronics engineer, and Provost of UCL from 1989 to 1999
• 1997–98 Prof Colin Blakemore, neuroscientist
• 1998–99: Sir Richard Sykes, biochemist and chief executive from 1993 to 1997 of Glaxo
• 1999–2000: Anne, Princess Royal

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{{hidden begin|toggle=left|title=Presidents 2000–2009}}

• 2000–01: Sir William Stewart, Government Chief Scientific Adviser from 1990 to 1995
• 2001–02: Sir Howard Newby, sociologist
• 2002–03: Sir Peter Williams CBE, physicist
• 2003–04: Dame Julia Higgins
• 2004–05: Prof Robert Winston, Lord Winston of Hammersmith
• 2005–06: Frances Cairncross CBE, economist
• 2006–07: John Browne, Lord Browne of Madingley
• 2007–08: Sir David King, Government Chief Scientific Adviser from 2000 to 2008
• 2009–10: Robert May, Baron May of Oxford

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• 2010–11: David Sainsbury, Lord Sainsbury of Turville
• 2011–12: Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell FRS, FRSE
• 2012–13: John Krebs, Baron Krebs FRS
• 2013–14: Lisa Jardine CBE, historian
• 2014–15: Sir Paul Nurse FRS, President from 2010 to 2015 of the Royal Society, and joint winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (for work on cell cycle division)
• 2015–16 Dame Athene Donald FRS, physicist and master since 2014 of Churchill College, Cambridge
• 2016–17: Dame Nancy Rothwell DBE DL FRS FMedSci FBPhS, physiologist and president and vice-chancellor of the University of Manchester
• 2017–18: Dame Uta Frith FRS, developmental psychologist
• 2018–19: Professor Jim Al-Khalili FRS, physicist and broadcaster
• 2019–20: Professor Alice Roberts anatomist and broadcaster

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{{hidden begin|toggle=left|title=Presidents 2020–2029|expanded=true}}

• 2020–21: Ara Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham{{cite news |url=https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/202953/lord-darzi-announced-incoming-president-british/ |title=Lord Darzi announced as incoming President of the British Science Association |first=Justine |last=Alford |date=August 2020 |work=Imperial College London |access-date=9 March 2023 |archive-date=9 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309183731/https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/202953/lord-darzi-announced-incoming-president-british/ |url-status=live }}
• 2021–22: Maggie Aderin-Pocock{{cite news |url=https://www.fenews.co.uk/skills/imperial-alumnus-announced-as-president-of-the-british-science-association/ |title=Imperial alumnus announced as President of the British Science Association |date=31 August 2021 |work=FE News |access-date=9 March 2023 |archive-date=9 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309183707/https://www.fenews.co.uk/skills/imperial-alumnus-announced-as-president-of-the-british-science-association/ |url-status=live }}
• 2022–23: Anne-Marie Imafidon{{cite news |url=https://www.britishscienceassociation.org/news/dr-anne-marie-imafidon-announced-as-president-elect |title=Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon announced as President-Elect |date=20 June 2022 |work=British Science Association |access-date=9 March 2023 |archive-date=28 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328014226/https://www.britishscienceassociation.org/news/dr-anne-marie-imafidon-announced-as-president-elect |url-status=live }}
• 2023–24: Professor Dame Jane Francis{{cite news |url=https://www.britishscienceassociation.org/News/professor-dame-jane-francis-announced-president-elect-british-science-association |title=Professor Dame Jane Francis announced as President-Elect of British Science Association |date=13 July 2023 |work=British Science Association |access-date=28 September 2024 }}
• 2024–25: Professor Kevin Fenton{{cite news |url=https://www.britishscienceassociation.org/News/professor-kevin-fenton-cbe-announced-as-president-elect-of-british-science-association |title=Professor Kevin Fenton CBE announced as President-Elect of British Science Association |date=2 August 2024 |work=British Science Association |access-date=28 September 2024 }}

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

{{hidden begin|toggle=left|title=Meetings from 1833 to 2012}}

• 1833 (3rd meeting) Cambridge, England.{{cite web |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/104190 |title=3rd meeting |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108105637/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/104190 |url-status=live }}
• 1834 (4th meeting) Edinburgh, Scotland.{{cite web |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46627 |title=4th meeting |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108110036/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46627 |url-status=live }}
• 1835 (5th meeting) Dublin, Ireland.
• 1836 (6th meeting) Bristol, England.{{cite web |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46626 |title=6th meeting |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108110026/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46626 |url-status=live }}
• 1837 (7th meeting) Liverpool, England.{{cite web |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46624 |title=7th meeting |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=12 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312203145/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46624 |url-status=live }}
• 1838 (8th meeting) Newcastle upon Tyne, England.{{cite web |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46625 |title=8th meeting |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108110408/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46625 |url-status=live }}
• 1839 (9th meeting) Birmingham, England.{{cite web |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/110067 |title=9th meeting |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108105539/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/110067 |url-status=live }}
• 1840 (10th meeting) Glasgow, Scotland.{{cite web |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46632 |title=10th meeting |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=21 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221202720/https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46632 |url-status=live }}
• 1841 (11th meeting) Plymouth, England.{{cite web |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/104191 |title=11th meeting |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=15 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130415023731/http://biodiversitylibrary.org/item/104191 |url-status=live }}
• 1842 (12th meeting) Manchester.{{cite web |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46628 |title=12th meeting |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=6 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306024253/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46628 |url-status=live }}
• 1843 (13th meeting) Cork, Ireland.{{cite web |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46634 |title=13th meeting |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=5 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605004957/https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46634 |url-status=live }}
• 1844 (14th meeting) York, England.{{cite web |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47344 |title=14th meeting |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108111312/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47344 |url-status=live }}
• 1845 (15th meeting) Cambridge, England.{{cite web |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46638 |title=15th meeting |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=12 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312070351/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46638 |url-status=live }}
• 1846 (16th meeting) Southampton, England.
• 1847 (17th meeting) Oxford, England.
• 1848 (18th meeting) Swansea, Wales.
• 1849 (19th meeting) Birmingham, England.
• 1850 (20th meeting) Edinburgh, Scotland.
• 1851 (21st meeting) Ipswich, England.
• 1852 (22nd meeting) Belfast, Northern Ireland.
• 1853 (23rd meeting) Hull, England.
• 1854 (24th meeting) Liverpool, England.
• 1855 (25th meeting) Glasgow, Scotland.
• 1856 (26th meeting) Cheltenham, England.
• 1857 (27th meeting) Dublin, Ireland.
• 1858 (28th meeting) Leeds, England.
• 1859 (29th meeting) Aberdeen, Scotland.{{cite book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96146 |title=29th meeting |year=1860 |volume=29 |access-date=10 March 2021 |archive-date=19 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210619080331/https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96146 |url-status=live }}
• 1860 (30th meeting) Oxford, England.{{cite book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/92538 |title=30th meeting |year=1861 |volume=30 |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108104526/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/92538 |url-status=live }}
• 1861 (31st meeting) Manchester, England.{{cite book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93052 |title=31st meeting |year=1862 |volume=31 |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108105352/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93052 |url-status=live }}
• 1862 (32nd meeting) Cambridge, England.{{cite book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93054 |title=32nd meeting |year=1863 |volume=32 |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=26 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926114145/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93054 |url-status=live }}
• 1863 (33rd meeting) Newcastle upon Tyne, England.{{cite book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93073 |title=33rd meeting |year=1864 |volume=33 |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108111120/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93073 |url-status=live }}
• 1864 (34th meeting) Bath, England.{{cite book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93072 |title=34th meeting |year=1865 |volume=34 |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108111111/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93072 |url-status=live }}
• 1865 (35th meeting) Birmingham, England.{{cite book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93098 |title=35th meeting |year=1866 |volume=35 |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108111036/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93098 |url-status=live }}
• 1866 (36th meeting) Nottingham, England.{{cite book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93096 |title=36th meeting |year=1867 |volume=36 |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108111050/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93096 |url-status=live }}
• 1867 (37th meeting) Dundee, Scotland.{{cite book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93115 |title=37th meeting |year=1868 |volume=37 |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108105244/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93115 |url-status=live }}
• 1868 (38th meeting) Norwich, England.{{cite book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93116 |title=38th meeting |year=1869 |volume=38 |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=18 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118061607/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93116 |url-status=live }}
• 1869 (39th meeting) Exeter, England.{{cite book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93114 |title=39th meeting |year=1870 |volume=39 |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108105236/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93114 |url-status=live }}
• 1870 (40th meeting) Liverpool, England.{{cite book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93095 |title=40th meeting |year=1871 |volume=40 |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108111101/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93095 |url-status=live }}
• 1871 (41st meeting) Edinburgh, Scotland.{{cite book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93055 |title=41st meeting |year=1872 |volume=41 |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108105401/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93055 |url-status=live }}
• 1872 (42nd meeting) Brighton, England.{{cite book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/94434 |title=42nd meeting |year=1873 |volume=42 |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108105556/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/94434 |url-status=live }}
• 1873 (43rd meeting) Bradford, England.{{cite book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/94452 |title=43rd meeting |year=1874 |volume=43 |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029232917/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/94452 |url-status=live }}
• 1874 (44th meeting) Belfast, Northern Ireland.{{cite book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/94451 |title=44th meeting |year=1875 |volume=44 |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108105527/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/94451 |url-status=live }}
• 1875 (45th meeting) Bristol, England.{{cite book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/94481 |title=45th meeting |year=1876 |volume=45 |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108110419/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/94481 |url-status=live }}
• 1876 (46th meeting) Glasgow, Scotland.{{cite book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/94480 |title=46th meeting |year=1877 |volume=46 |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108110428/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/94480 |url-status=live }}
• 1877 (47th meeting) Plymouth, England.{{cite book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/94483 |title=47th meeting |year=1878 |volume=47 |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108110457/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/94483 |url-status=live }}
• 1878 (48th meeting) Dublin, Ireland.{{cite book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/94499 |title=48th meeting |year=1879 |volume=48 |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108105727/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/94499 |url-status=live }}
• 1879 (49th meeting) Sheffield, England.{{cite book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/94485 |title=49th meeting |year=1879 |volume=49 |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108110448/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/94485 |url-status=live }}
• 1880 (50th meeting) Swansea, Wales.{{cite book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/94496 |title=50th meeting |year=1880 |volume=50 |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108105719/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/94496 |url-status=live }}
• 1881 (51st meeting) York, England.{{cite book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/94448 |title=51st meeting |year=1882 |volume=51 |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=6 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506171536/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/94448 |url-status=live }}
• 1882 (52nd meeting) Southampton, England.{{cite book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95237 |title=52nd meeting |year=1883 |volume=52 |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408140653/https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95237 |url-status=live }}
• 1883 (53rd meeting) Southport, England.{{cite book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/92940 |title=53rd meeting |year=1884 |volume=53 |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108111233/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/92940 |url-status=live }}
• 1884 (54th meeting) Montreal, Quebec, Canada.{{cite book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/85498 |title=54th meeting |year=1884 |volume=54 |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=15 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130415032443/http://biodiversitylibrary.org/item/85498 |url-status=live }}
• 1885 (55th meeting) Aberdeen, Scotland.{{cite book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/92791 |title=55th meeting |year=1886 |volume=55 |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108105214/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/92791 |url-status=live }}
• 1886 (56th meeting) Birmingham, England.{{cite book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/92792 |title=56th meeting |year=1887 |volume=56 |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108105206/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/92792 |url-status=live }}
• 1887 (57th meeting) Manchester, England.{{cite book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93429 |title=57th meeting |year=1888 |volume=57 |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108111024/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93429 |url-status=live }}
• 1888 (58th meeting) Bath, England.{{cite book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93428 |title=58th meeting |year=1889 |volume=58 |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108111009/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93428 |url-status=live }}
• 1889 (59th meeting) Newcastle upon Tyne, England.{{cite book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93442 |title=59th meeting |year=1890 |volume=59 |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108110929/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93442 |url-status=live }}
• 1890 (60th meeting) Leeds, England.{{cite book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93461 |title=60th meeting |year=1891 |volume=60 |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108111131/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93461 |url-status=live }}
• 1891 (61st meeting) Cardiff, Wales.{{cite book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95281 |title=61st meeting |year=1891 |volume=61 |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108105343/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95281 |url-status=live }}
• 1892 (62nd meeting) Edinburgh, Scotland.{{cite book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95446 |title=62nd meeting |year=1893 |volume=62 |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108110605/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95446 |url-status=live }}
• 1893 (63rd meeting) Nottingham, England.{{cite book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95445 |title=63rd meeting |year=1894 |volume=63 |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108110551/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95445 |url-status=live }}
• 1894 (64th meeting) Oxford, England.{{cite book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95243 |title=64th meeting |year=1894 |volume=64 |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108105131/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95243 |url-status=live }}
• 1895 (65th meeting) Ipswich, England.{{cite book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95245 |title=65th meeting |year=1895 |volume=65 |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108105121/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95245 |url-status=live }}
• 1896 (66th meeting) Liverpool, England.{{cite book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95247 |title=66th meeting |year=1896 |volume=66 |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108105149/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95247 |url-status=live }}
• 1897 (67th meeting) Toronto, Ontario, Canada.{{cite book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95248 |title=67th meeting |year=1898 |volume=67 |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108105140/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95248 |url-status=live }}
• 1898 (68th meeting) Bristol, England.{{cite book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95459 |title=68th meeting |year=1899 |volume=68 |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108110747/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95459 |url-status=live }}
• 1899 (69th meeting) Dover, England.{{cite web |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95785 |title=69th meeting |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108110522/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95785 |url-status=live }}
• 1900 (70th meeting) Bradford, England.{{cite web |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93245 |title=70th meeting |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108111221/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93245 |url-status=live }}
• 1901 (71st meeting) Glasgow, Scotland.{{cite web |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93257 |title=71st meeting |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108111147/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93257 |url-status=live }}
• 1902 (72nd meeting) Belfast, Northern Ireland.{{cite web |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93735 |title=72nd meeting |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108105052/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93735 |url-status=live }}
• 1903 (73rd meeting) Southport, England.{{cite web |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93736 |title=73rd meeting |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108105020/http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93736 |url-status=live }}
• 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.){{cite journal|title=British Association Meeting for 1946|journal=Nature|date=16 March 1946|volume=157|issue=3985|page=330|doi=10.1038/157330d0|bibcode=1946Natur.157T.330.|doi-access=free}}
• 1947 (109th meeting) Dundee, Scotland.{{cite web |url=http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb1187-sz/baas |title=British Association for the Advancement of Science |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=10 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010235423/http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb1187-sz/baas |url-status=live }}
• 1948 (110th meeting) Brighton, England.{{cite web |url=http://www.dur.ac.uk/anthropology.journal/vol13/iss2/sillitoe/sillitoe.html |title=DAJ V13/2: The Role of Section H at the British Association for the Advancement of Science in the History of Anthropology |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019111830/http://www.dur.ac.uk/anthropology.journal/vol13/iss2/sillitoe/sillitoe.html |archive-date=19 October 2012 |url-status=dead}}
• 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.{{cite web |url=http://forestry.oxfordjournals.org/content/27/2/134.full.pdf |title=THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, LIVERPOOL, 1953 |access-date=30 September 2013}}{{dead link|date=May 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
• 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.Recent developments in electro-organic synthesis, Manuel M. Baizer, Naturwissenschaften August 1969, Volume 56, Issue 8, pp. 405–409.
• 1969 (131st meeting) Exeter, England.{{cite journal |jstor=41140126 |journal=Journal of the Institute of Actuaries (1886-1994) |volume=96 |issue=3 |pages=383–387 |last1=Martin |first1=J. W. |title=The British Association for the Advancement of Science: The Exeter Meeting |year=1970 |doi=10.1017/S0020268100016620 }}
• 1970 (132nd meeting) Durham, England.
• 1971 (133rd meeting) Swansea, Wales.{{cite journal |jstor=41140253 |journal=Journal of the Institute of Actuaries (1886-1994) |volume=99 |issue=1 |pages=85–87 |last1=McKelvey |first1=K. Muir |title=The British Association for the Advancement of Science: Annual Meeting 1972, at Leicester |year=1973 |doi=10.1017/S0020268100017091 }}
• 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.{{cite book |url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000245850 |title=Energy in the balance : some papers from BA79 : papers given at the annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, 1979 |year=1980 |publisher=Ann Arbor Science Publishers |isbn=9780250403950 |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=11 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511102856/http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000245850 |url-status=live }}
• 1980 (142nd meeting) Salford, England.{{cite web |url=http://www.britishscienceassociation.org/sites/default/files/root/association/briggs.pdf |title=The BA at the end of the 20th Century |url-status=dead |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130209181339/http://www.britishscienceassociation.org/sites/default/files/root/association/briggs.pdf |archive-date=9 February 2013}}
• 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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• 2013 (174th meeting) Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
• 2014 (175th meeting) Birmingham, England.
• 2015 (176th meeting) Bradford, England
• 2016 (177th meeting) Swansea, Wales
• 2017 (178th meeting) Brighton, England
• 2018 (179th meeting) Hull, England
• 2019 (180th meeting) Coventry, England
• 2020 No meeting due to the COVID pandemic
• 2021 (181st meeting) Chelmsford, Essex, England
• 2022 (182nd meeting) Leicester, England
• 2023 (183rd meeting) Exeter, England
• 2024 (184th meeting) East London, England
• 2025 (185th meeting) Liverpool, England
• 2026 (186th meeting) Southampton, England

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).

• 1860 Oxford evolution debate
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• Café Scientifique
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• Glossary of astronomy
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• Glossary of chemistry
• Glossary of engineering
• Glossary of physics
• Guildhall Lectures
• National Science Week
• Royal Institution
• Royal Society
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• Science Abstracts
• Science Festival

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• [http://www.britishscienceassociation.org British Science Association]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20180314074608/https://www.britishsciencefestival.org/ British Science Festival]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20130603144736/http://www.britishscienceassociation.org/about-british-science-association/our-history British Science Association: Our history]
• [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/2276 Digitised Reports 1833–1937], Biodiversity Heritage Library
• Reports of the meetings 1877–90 are available on [http://gallica.bnf.fr Gallica]
• The University of Toronto Archives and Record Management Services holds some papers of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.
• {{Commons category-inline|British Association}}

• [https://www.youtube.com/user/BritAssoc British Science Association YouTube channel]

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