Alfred L. Copley
American artist (1910-1992)
Alfred Lewin Copley (1910 – 1992) was a German-American medical scientist and an artist at the New York School in the 1950s. 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. He was married to the Icelandic artist Nína Tryggvadóttir.
Work as a medical scientist
Copley studied the rheology of blood. 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.
Work as an artist
In 1949, he was one of twenty artists who founded the Eighth Street Club.
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