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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-25 human Rosanne Walker updated 2026-01-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003891b.htm person Ridley John AACR2 26 May 1806 25 November 1887 Place of Birth West Boldon, Durham, England Place of Death London, England Flour miller Inventor Preacher John Ridley developed a stripper harvester in 1843. It worked by sweeping off the heads of wheat with combs and beaters. He is commemorated by the Ridley memorial scholarship at Roseworthy Agricultural College, memorial gates to the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society's showground at Wayville, South Australia and the electoral district of Ridley.

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 'Ridley, John', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Ridley, John Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Conference Paper: One of our plaques is missing: A surprising conclusion to an old controversy about the invention of the mechanical grain harvester Venus, Richard One of our plaques is missing: A surprising conclusion to an old controversy about the invention of the mechanical grain harvester Adelaide Engineers Australia, South Australia Division 2016 Transactions of the 5th South Australian Engineering Heritage Conference, Adelaide, 13 May 2016 59-96 Book Section: Ridley, John (1806-1887), miller, inventor and preacher Finnis, H.J. Ridley, John (1806-1887), miller, inventor and preacher Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1967 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 2: 1788 - 1850 I-Z Douglas Pike 379 Journal Article: John Ridley and the South Australian "stripper" Jones; L. J. John Ridley and the South Australian "stripper" 1980 History of Technology 5 55-101 Book: Australian inventions and innovations Ingpen, Robert Australian inventions and innovations Rigby Publishers Limited 1982 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949 Edited Book: Wonders never cease: 100 Australian engineering achievements Engineers Australia Wonders never cease: 100 Australian engineering achievements Barton, Australian Capital Territory Institution of Engineers, Australia 2019 Conference Paper: Two hundred years of grain harvesting Quick, G.R. Two hundred years of grain harvesting Barton, Australian Capital Territory Institution of Engineers, Australia 1988 Conference on agricultural engineering 1988: an Australasian conference to celebrate the Australian Bicentennial, 14-16 Book: The Historic Engineering Plaques of Australia Institution of Engineers Australia. Sydney Division. Engineering Heritage Committee The Historic Engineering Plaques of Australia Milsons Point, New South Wales The Institution of Engineers, Australia 1994 Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000