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As a scientist, Copley studied the rheology of blood.
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Alfred Lewin Copley
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As an artist he worked under the name L. Alcopley. He is best known as an artist for his abstract expressionist paintings, and as a scientist for his work in the field of hemorheology. In 1948 he introduced the word biorheology to describe rheology in biological systems
In 1952 he introduced the word hemorheology, to describe the study of the way blood and blood vessels function as part of the living organism.
In 1966 he established the International Society of Hemorheology, which changed its name and scope in 1969 to the International Society of Biorheology (ISB). In 1972 the ISB awarded him its Poiseuille gold medal.
In 1949 he was one of twenty artists who founded the Eighth Street Club. He participated in the Ninth Street Show in 1952 and had a solo exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam in 1962.
His work is held in the collection of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.
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United States