British Speleological Association (BSA) was founded by Eli Simpson

Eli Simpson

Eli "Cymmie" Simpson was an influential and controversial British caver and speleologist, and a founding member and Recorder of the British Speleological Association....

 and others in 1935. It was instrumental in the discovery of Lancaster Hole and other caves. In 1973, it merged with the Cave Research Group of Great Britain to form the British Cave Research Association

British Cave Research Association

The British Cave Research Association is a speleological organisation in the United Kingdom. Its object is to promote the study of caves and associated phenomena, and it attains this by supporting cave & karst research, encouraging original exploration , collecting and publishing speleological...

 (BCRA).

Publications

As a scientific organisation, the BSA published two periodicals between 1947 and 1973, the Journal of the British Speleological Association and the Proceedings of the British Speleological Association.

External links

• Index to the Journal and Proceedings of the British Speleological Association, published by the BCRA
  British Cave Research Association
  The British Cave Research Association is a speleological organisation in the United Kingdom. Its object is to promote the study of caves and associated phenomena, and it attains this by supporting cave & karst research, encouraging original exploration , collecting and publishing speleological...