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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2026-01-06 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001250b.htm person Grayson Henry Joseph AACR2 9 May 1856 21 March 1918 Place of Birth Worrall, Yorkshire, England Place of Death Clyde, Victoria, Australia Nurseryman Geologist Henry Grayson worked as a nurseryman in New Zealand during the 1880s and for the nursery of Brunning & Sons after arriving in Victoria in 1887. His interest in botany and natural history led to has involvement in local scientific societies including the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria and the Royal Society of Victoria. Grayson became widely acknowledged for his skill in preparing microscope slides of both biological and geological material, and for his invention and construction of apparatus for micro-ruling. Between 1898 and 1918 he was Laboratory Assistant successively in the Departments of Physiology, Geology and Natural Philosophy at the University of Melbourne. 1887 1898 Career position - Nurseryman, Brunning and Sons, Melbourne 1898 1900 Career position - Laboratory assistant, Department of Physiology, University of Melbourne 1900 1913 Career position - Laboratory assistant, Department of Geology, University of Melbourne 1901 1902 Career event - Accompanied F. T. Gregory on his expedition to Lake Eyre 1901 1918 Career position - Member, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria 1902 1918 Career position - Associate Member, Royal Society of Victoria 1909 1918 Career position - Research Fellow, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne 1913 1918 Career position - Laboratory Assistant, Department of Natural Philosophy, University of Melbourne 1917 1917 Award - David Syme Research Prize, University of Melbourne Stone, William (1858 - 1949) Gregory, Francis Thomas (Frank) (1821 - 1888)

Accompanied Gregory on his expedition to Lake Eyre

 Department of Natural Philosophy, The University of Melbourne (1882 - 1944)

Laboratory Assistant 1913 - 1918

 Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne (1903 - )

Research Fellow 1909 - 1918

 The Field Naturalists Club of Victoria Inc (1880 - )

Member 1901 - 1918

 David Syme Research Prize, The University of Melbourne (1904 - )

Awarded the Prize 1917

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 'Grayson, Henry Joseph', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Grayson, Henry Joseph Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Edited Book: Inventive Vics Exhibition Gold, Ergad; Greener, Rosalie (Ed) Inventive Vics Exhibition Melbourne, Victoria Australian Scientific Industry Association 1985 Catalogue of the Exhibition 58 Book Section: Grayson, Henry Joseph (1856-1918), nurseryman and inventor Bolton, H. C. Grayson, Henry Joseph (1856-1918), nurseryman and inventor Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1983 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 87-88 Resource Section: Grayson, Henry Joseph Grayson, Henry Joseph Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Physics in Australia to 1945 R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham Journal Article: Note on microscopical test rulings Grayson, H. J. Note on microscopical test rulings 1895 Victorian naturalist 11 12 163-4 Journal Article: Description of a new dividing engine for ruling diffraction gratings Grayson, H. J. Description of a new dividing engine for ruling diffraction gratings 1917 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, ns 30 1 44-95 Journal Article: Diatoms: notes on their collection, cleaning and mounting Grayson, H. J. Diatoms: notes on their collection, cleaning and mounting 1892 Victorian naturalist 9 7 102-11 Journal Article: Obituary: H. J. Grayson Bale, W. M. Obituary: H. J. Grayson 1919 Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society 20-2 Journal Article: Grayson's micro rulings Stone, W. Grayson's micro rulings 1934 Journal of scientific instruments 11 1 1-6 Journal Article: Test rulings and diffraction gratings: some references to the work carried out by the late H. J. Grayson Holmes, W. M. Test rulings and diffraction gratings: some references to the work carried out by the late H. J. Grayson 1929 Industrial australian and mining standard 64 8 July 63-7 Journal Article: H. J. Grayson: a pioneer ruler of diffraction gratings Bolton, H. C. and McNeill, J. J. H. J. Grayson: a pioneer ruler of diffraction gratings 1981 Victorian historical journal 52 1 63-6 Journal Article: The Development of Ruling Engines in Melbourne, 1890-1940: a Link between Amateur and Professional Science Bolton, H. C. The Development of Ruling Engines in Melbourne, 1890-1940: a Link between Amateur and Professional Science 1987 Historical Records of Australian Science 6 4 493-505 Journal Article: Diffraction Grating Ruling in Australia McNeill, J. J. Diffraction Grating Ruling in Australia 1972 Records of the Australian Academy of Science 2 3 18-38 Journal Article: William Stone (1858 - 1949): a pioneer in Australian radiology Russell, K. F. William Stone (1858 - 1949): a pioneer in Australian radiology 1975 Australasian radiology 19 3 216-22 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949 Henry Joseph Grayson - Records The University of Melbourne Archives Henry Joseph Grayson - Records 1900 - 1918 Information and records in the official files of the University of Melbourne c1900-18. See also the J.J. McNeill collection.