Index to Archive of Crystallography News)

• the Editor's Archive
• list of previous editors
• and an index to a few events in the older newsletters are given below.

Notes:

• The first issue to be stored on the World Wide Web was number 53, published in June 1995. We also have a list of past BCA Officials and a list of locations and dates of previous BCA Annual Meetings, ECM minutes, and IUCr Congresses and a list of BCA named lectures and prize winners.
• The paper copy of the Newsletter has several items which are not listed here, such as the current BCA Council members and the list of Forthcoming meetings, and job vacancies.
• You my find it quicker to consult the separate subject indices:
  • each of the four Groups of the BCA has its own 'home page',
    • Biological Structures, 
    • Chemical Crystallography, 
    • Industrial, 
    • Physical Crystallography
  • Book and Software Reviews
  • Obituaries,
  • Special interests such as:
    
    • Powder Diffraction , 
    • "in situ" diffraction, 
    • Plans for the new UK Synchrotron Radiation Source Diamond
  • Crystallographic Philately
  • History of Crystallography,
  • puzzles from page 63 and
  • Web Site URLs mentioned.
• All external links were current when a page was first made. No checks are made later of their accuracy, but the Webmaster will be happy to learn of any chnages you discover.

Editor's Archive

• Institute of Physics Xray Analysis Group newsletters, There were one or two pages, issued at arregular intervals. No.s 1 to 29 were foolscap size, then at no. 30 it became A4 size. At no.35 Jan 1970 the name changed to Crystallography Group.
  • numbers 1 - May 1957, 2 - August 1957, No. 3 missing 1957?
  • 4 - Jan 1958 to 8 - Nov 1958, No. 9 missing
  • 10 - Apr 1959 to 15 - Oct 1961, No. 16 missing
  • 17 - May 1962 to 21 - Nov 1963, No. 22 missing
  • 23 - Jun 1964 to 57 - Apr 1979, No. 58 missing
  • 59 - Oct 1979 to 64 - Dec 1980
  If anyone has copies of the missing issues listed above, 3, 9, 16, 22 and 58 and would be willing to let the editor make copies of them, please contact the
  BCA Home page WebMaster [email protected]
• A4 size newsletters with more pages now issued jointly by the Institute of Physics Crystallography Group and the Royal Society of Chemistry Chemical Crystallography Group. This set is complete.
  • 1 - Mar 1981 white cover
  • 2 - Jun 1981 to 5 - Jun 1983
• A5 size newsletter issued by the British Crystallographic Association quarterly, No 6,7 had green covers with the contents printed on the front cover, No.s 8 to 10 yellow covers. The first newsletter with a picture on the cover was No 11 Dec 1984. The first with a glossy cover was no 32, March 1990. This set is complete.
  • no. 6 - Sep 1983 to no 57. June 1996 they had monochrome covers
  • from no. 58 - Sep 1996 the newsletter has coloured glossy covers

Newsletter Editors

• XRAG newsletter of IoP
  No 1 May 1957 to No 34 May 1969
  • no named editor in these issues, name changed in 1969
• Crystallography Group newsletter of IoP
  No 35 Jan 1970 to No 64 Dec 1980
  • Bob Diamond No 35 Jan 1970 to No. 36 Jul 1970
  • P.J.Baldock, J.A.Bland No. 37 Jan 1971 to No. 42 Jul 1973
  • David Dyson No. 43 Jan 1974 to No. 48 Jul 1976
  • Doug Grant No. 49 Jan 1977 to No. 60 Jan 1980
  • Moreton Moore No. 61 Apr 1980 to No. 64 Dec 1980
    
• Crystallography News
  No.1 Mar 1981 to present time
  • Moreton Moore, Royal Holloway College No. 1 Mar 1981 to No. 20 Mar 1987
  • John Squire, Imperial College London, No. 21 Jun 1987 to No. 52 Mar 1995
  • Kate Crennell, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, No. 53 Jun 1995 to No. 75 Dec 2000
  • Jo Jutson, BICC, No. 76 Mar 2001 to No. 79 Dec 2001
  • Bob Gould, University of Edinburgh, No 80 Mar 2002 -

Significant events reported in earlier newsletters

These reports are only available in the paper versions of the newsletters; they could be mounted on the Web if there is sufficient demand and the Webmaster has time!

• People in the news in XRAG of Crystallography Group Newsletters
  • 38 Jun 71 Appreciation of Dame Kathleen Lonsdale d 1 Apr 1971 age 68
  • 39 Jan 72 Appreciation of Sir Lawrence Bragg 1890 - 1971
  • 39 Jan 72 Appreciation of Prof J.D.Bernal 1901 - 1971
  • 52 Jan 78 Happy 90th birthday to P.P.Ewald
• People in the news in Crystallography News
  • 10 Sep 84 Death of W.A.Wooster
  • 15 Dec 85 Nobel Prize awarded to Karle and Hauptman
  • 15 Dec 85 Obituary P.P.Ewald
  • 18 Sep 86 Royal Society Hughes Medal awarded to Michael Woolfson
  • 19 Dec 86 comment from H.Lipson on award of Hughes medal
  • 21 Jun 87 Olga Kennard made an FRS; Max Perutz and John Kendrew gain distinguished service award; David Philips and David Blow gain 1987 Wolf Foundation prize for chemistry
  • 22 Sep 87 Royal Society of Chemistry award for Bill Clegg
  • 22 Sep 87 Obituaries Pella Machin and Mike Elder killed in climbing accident 7 March
  • 27 Dec 88 Nobel prize awarded to Huber, Deisenhofer, Michel
  • 28 Mar 89 Mineralogical Society of America awards to Helen D Megaw and Michael A. Carpernter
  • 28 Mar 89 retirement of Arthur Elliott
  • 29 Jun 89 PCG Award to Lynne McCusker
  • 31 Dec 89 Obituary David Hughes 1941 - 1989
  • 32 Mar 90 Obituary J.M.Robertson
  • 32 Mar 90 ACA Paterson award given to Michael Woolfson
  • 33 Jun 90 Happy 80th birthday to Dorothy Hodgkin, establishment of a prize to be named after her
  • 34 Sep 90 Appreciation: Charles William Bunn 1905 - 1990
  • 37 Jun 91
    • Presentation of 1st Dorothy Hodgkin prize, with photo
    • Report of the 'Historical Session' held March 28th 1991 with photo showing Arnold Beevers, Bob Diamond, Henry Lipson, Judith Milledge, John Robertson, Durward Cruickshank, Judith Howard, Dorothy Hodgkin, Mary Truter, Stephen Wallwork, Gordon Cox
  • 38 Sep 91 A reminiscience of Henry S.Lipson by Arnold Beevers
  • 41 Jun 92 Popularity: Holiday Musings on Space Groups A.J.C.Wilson
  • 42 Sep 92 An Appreciation of John Michael Andrew Smith 1957 - 1992
  • 44 Mar 93
    • Obituary: John Iball 1907 - 1993
    • Article of historical reminiscences by Lyle H. Jensen reprinted from ACA newsletter Dec 92
  • 45 Jun 93 ACA Paterson award given to George Sheldrick
  • 45 Jun 93 Dispersion: Adding Colour to Symmetry A.J.C.Wilson
  • 46 Sep 93 Appreciation: Zygmunt Kaluski 1920 - 1993
  • 47 Dec 93 Appreciation: James Newington King 1937 - 1993
  • 50 Sep 94 Appreciation: Dorothy Hodgkin 1910 - 1994 by Guy Dodson
  • 51 Dec 94 Appreciation: Dorothy Hodgkin by Judith Howard
• Book Reviews
  • 34 Sep 90 Historical Atlas of Crystallography
  • 43 Dec 92 Macromolecular Crystallography with Synchrotron radiation by John Helliwell
• Education
  • 87 1st 'Summer' school in 'X-Ray Structural Analysis', Aston?
  • 26 Sep 88 Promoting Crystallography The Glasgow 'Crystal Pavilion'

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