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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2006-10-18 human Annette Alafaci updated 2024-10-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004820b.htm person Ross Joseph Grafton AACR2 9 June 1834 4 July 1906 Place of Birth Kidderminster, Worcestershire, United Kingdom Place of Death Bournemouth, United Kingdom Company director Joseph Grafton Ross patented a method for 'Improvements in the Manufacture of Alcohol' in 1875. He was secretary and manager of the Colonial Sugar Refining Co., chairman of the Trade Protection Society of New South Wales, a director of the Australian Gaslight Co., the Mercantile Bank of Sydney and the Australian General Assurance Co. and served on the committee of the Chamber of Commerce. 1840 1840 Life event - Migrated to Australia (Sydney) with his family 1850 c. 1855 Career position - Junior Clerk at the Australasian Sugar Co. 1855 1879 Career position - Secretary and Manager of the Colonial Sugar Refining Co. 1879 1879 Life event - Resigned 1880 1880 Life event - Returned to England

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 'Ross, Joseph Grafton', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Ross, Joseph Grafton Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Improvement in the Manufacture of Sugar by Means of the Direct Action of Sulphur Fumes upon Juice of the Sugar-cane. (Patent No. 452, 12 January 1875) Ross, Joseph Grafton Improvement in the Manufacture of Sugar by Means of the Direct Action of Sulphur Fumes upon Juice of the Sugar-cane. (Patent No. 452, 12 January 1875) Sydney Government Printer 1891 Index to New South Wales Letters of Registration of Inventions, 1854 to July 1887 Book Section: Improvements in the Manufacture of Alcohol (Patent: 7 June, 1875) Ross, Joseph Grafton and Dixon, William Adam Improvements in the Manufacture of Alcohol (Patent: 7 June, 1875) Sydney Government Printer 1891 Index to New South Wales Letters of Registration of Inventions, 1854 to July 1887 62 Book Section: Ross, Joseph Grafton (1834-1906), company manager and director Lowndes, A. G. Ross, Joseph Grafton (1834-1906), company manager and director Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1976 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 6: 1851 - 1890 R - Z Bede Nairn 62