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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1995-06-29 human Rosanne Walker updated 2026-01-06 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002240b.htm person Shephard John AACR2 2 December 1852 15 May 1940 Place of Birth Masbrough, Yorkshire, England Place of Death Brighton, Victoria, Australia Engineer John Shephard made a micro-ruling engine for test rulings in about 1893. The only surviving rest ruling has a series of bands whose resolution goes down to one half of a micron. He was interested in microscopy and established a reputation in microscopy circles in Melbourne for which he was long remembered. Shephard was initially an apprentice then fitter with Guest & Chrimes Ltd in Rotherham, Yorkshire UK, 1863-1883). After arriving in Australia he set up Davies, Shephard & Co. - an engineering and brass founders firm in Melbourne (1884-). Shephard was a one-time President of the Royal Society of Victoria from 1912 to 1913. 1912 1913 Career position - President, Royal Society of Victoria Royal Society of Victoria (1859 - )

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 Shephard, John (1852-1940)

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 'Shephard, John', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Shephard, John 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: Shephard, John (1852-1940), manufacturing engineer and microscopist Bolton, H. C. Shephard, John (1852-1940), manufacturing engineer and microscopist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2002 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 16: 1940 - 1980 Pik-Z John Ritchie and Diane Langmore 229 Resource Section: Shephard, John Shephard, John Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Physics in Australia to 1945 R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham 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 Shephard, John Portrait Shephard, John Portrait Royal Society of Victoria Presidential Portrait

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