GEORGE WILLIAM SCOTT BLAIR 1969 Recipient of the Jean-Leonard-Marie Poiseuille Award Pioneer in Rheology and Biorheology for his Research in Hemorheology

During the 2nd international Conference of Hemorheology, George W. Scott Blair was awarded the Poiseuille Gold Medal. George Scott Blair played a prominent and active part in the development of rheology. Scott Blair's main concern was to study the thresholds for assesing the viscosity of highly viscous liquids and the rigidity of elastic solids. He developed a "theory of quasi-properties" introducing differential equations to relate the assesment of sensations to physical stimuli. These equations are now used in the modified form for studying the creep of metal alloys. A term electrorheology was introduced by Scott Blair in his book "An Introduction to Biorheology". He has worked in more fields than anyone else during his period of working. He published several books on rheology and about 300 articles.