Biographical entry Grasby, William Catton (1859 - 1930)

Summary

William Catton Grasby taught in primary schools in South Australia and introduced nature study, drawing and science. He later taught at Roseworthy Agricultural College 1894-1896 and moved to Western Australia where he published "Principles of Australian Agriculture" (1912).

Details

Events

1929

Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus grasbyi Maiden & Blakely, was named in his honour

Archival resources

Fisher Library, Rare Books and Special Collections, University of Sydney

• William Catton Grasby - Records, 1859 - 1930; Fisher Library, Rare Books and Special Collections, University of Sydney. Details

Private hands (Grasby, N.)

• William Catton Grasby - Records, 1859 - 1930; Private hands (Grasby, N.). Details

Published resources

Books

• Hall, Norman, Botanists of the Eucalypts : short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Melbourne, 1978, 101 pp. Details

Book Sections

• Ramsland, John, 'Grasby, William Catton (1859-1930)', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 9, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1983, pp. 81-82. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090083b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• 'Grasby, W Catton', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-571293. Details