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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-11-13 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-12-02 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007909b.htm person Gray Andrew Sexton AACR2 1826 10 July 1907 Place of Birth Limerick, Ireland Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Ophthalmologist Surgeon Andrew Gray was a surgeon and ophthalmologist who, having completed his training in Dublin, was for four years assistant at St Mark's Ophthalmic Hospital and Dispensary for Diseases of the Eye and Ear. He became surgeon-superintendent to the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners, making several journeys on migrant ships to Australia before settling in Victoria in 1859. After three years in Geelong as surgeon to a railway construction company, Gray set up practice as surgeon and ophthalmologist in Russell St, Melbourne. In 1863 he established the Eye and Ear Infirmary for the treatment of diseases of the eyes and ears of the poor, holding outpatient clinics three times weekly. Following considerable public agitation for the Institution to become a public clinic, this was achieved in December 1866 when it became the Melbourne Institution for Diseases of the Eye and Ear. Gray was appointed surgeon and occulist for life. The Institution ultimately became the Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital. Colleagues during this period included Aubrey Bowen and James Neild, the first Director of the Melbourne Institution. Gray and James Ruddall were probably the first in Australia to use local anaesthesia effectively. A prominent member of Melbourne medical circles, during the 1860s Gray was appointed Surgeon to a number of charitable organisations, including the Asylum for Infants and the Benevolent Asylum. He was a founding member, and President, of the Medical Society of Victoria, and inaugural President, Ophthalmological Society of Melbourne. c. 1846 c. 1846 Education - Completed medical training in Dublin, Ireland 1852 1852 Education - Member, Royal College of Surgeons of England 1853? 1859 Career position - Surgeon-superintendent to the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners 1859 1859 Life event - Migrated to Victoria 1862 1862 Career event - Established practice as surgeon and ophthalmologist in Russell St, Melbourne January 1863 January 1863 Career event - Joined the Medical Society of Victoria 1863 1863 Career event - Established Eye and Ear Institution, East Melbourne 1865 1865 Career event - Elected Surgeon to Benevolent Asylum, Melbourne 1866 1866 Career event - Appointed Surgeon to the Asylum for Infants 1866 1866 Career event - Appointed Surgeon to the Asylum for the Blind, Melbourne 1866 1870 Career position - Surgeon and ophthalmologist for life, Melbourne Institute for Diseases of the Eye and Ear 16 December 1866 16 December 1866 Career event - Appointed surgeon and ophthalmologist for life, Melbourne Institution for Diseases of the Eye and Ear 1871 1871 Military service - Commissioned Assistant Surgeon, Sandridge Volunteer Artillery Corps 1871 1873 Career position - Surgeon and ophthalmologist for life, Melbourne Eye and Ear Institute 1873 1907 Career position - Surgeon and ophthalmologist for life, Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital 1879 1879 Career position - Vice-President, Medical Society of Victoria 1880 1880 Career position - President, Medical Society of Victoria 1881 1883 Career position - Member of Committee, Medical Society of Victoria 1884 1884 Military service - Promoted to Surgeon-Major, Victorian Militia 1899 1899 Career position - Inaugural President, Ophthalmological Society of Melbourne Rudall, James Thomas (1828? - 1907) Bowen, Thomas Aubrey (Aubrey) (1837 - 1893) Neild, James Edward (1824 - 1906) Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital (1873 - 1961)

Surgeon and ophthalmologist for life 1873 - 1907 (at Melbourne Institution for Diseases of the Eye and Ear 1866 - 1870, Melbourne Eye and Ear Institution 1871 - 1873)

 Medical Society of Victoria (1855 - 1907)

President 1880

 Ophthalmological Society of Melbourne (1899 - 1913)

President 1899

 'Gray, Andrew Sexton', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Gray, Andrew Sexton Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Presidential address [to the Medical Society of Victoria] Gray, A. S. Presidential address [to the Medical Society of Victoria] 1881 Australian medical journal, ns 3 17-28 Journal Article: Chronic iritis complicated with cataract-twenty one year's standing - operation - recovery of sight. Gray, A. S. Chronic iritis complicated with cataract-twenty one year's standing - operation - recovery of sight. 1880 Australian medical journal, ns 2 454-6 Journal Article: Gunshot wound of thigh, haemorrhage, ligature of the femoral artery, gangrene, amputation and death Gray, A. S. Gunshot wound of thigh, haemorrhage, ligature of the femoral artery, gangrene, amputation and death 1862 Australian medical journal 7 181-4 Journal Article: Injuries to the eye Gray, A. S. Injuries to the eye 1863 Australian medical journal 8 190-5 Journal Article: The Introduction of Local Anaesthesia in Australia, January 19, 1885 Wilson, Gwenifer C. M. The Introduction of Local Anaesthesia in Australia, January 19, 1885 1985 Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 13 1 71-78 Journal Article: Early Melbourne eye and ear hospitals, and Dr Turnbull's house at 101 (157) Spring Street Lowe, Ronald F. Early Melbourne eye and ear hospitals, and Dr Turnbull's house at 101 (157) Spring Street 1980 Australian and New Zealand journal of surgery 50 5 546-9 Journal Article: The Ophthalmological Society of Melbourne (1899 - 1913) Lowe, Ronald F. The Ophthalmological Society of Melbourne (1899 - 1913) 1980 Australian journal of ophthalmology 8 257-70 Journal Article: Obituary: Andrew Sexton Gray Anon Obituary: Andrew Sexton Gray 1907 Australian medical gazette 26 40 Journal Article: Andrew Sexton Gray (1826 - 1907), a founder of Australian ophthalmology: his life and times Lowe, Ronald F. Andrew Sexton Gray (1826 - 1907), a founder of Australian ophthalmology: his life and times 1985 Australian journal of ophthalmology 13 421-31 Conference Paper: Founders of Ophthalmology in Victoria, Australia: A.S. Gray, J.T. Rudall and T. A. Bowen Lowe, R.F. Founders of Ophthalmology in Victoria, Australia: A.S. Gray, J.T. Rudall and T. A. Bowen Brisbane Society of the History of Medicine 1996 History, Heritage and Health: Proceedings of the Fourth Biennial Conference of the Australian Society of the History of Medicine, Norfolk Island, 2-9 July, 1995 Covacevich, Jeanette, Pearn, John, Case, Donna, Chapple, Ian and Phillips, Gael 373-374 Journal Article: Australasian ophthalmology: trans-Tasman ties Hadden, O. Bruce; and Kaufman, David V. Australasian ophthalmology: trans-Tasman ties 2012 Clinical and experimental ophthalmology 40 108-14 Book: The eye and ear: The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital centenary history Gardiner, Lyndsay The eye and ear: The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital centenary history Melbourne Robertson & Mullens 1968 Journal Article: An Outline History of Ophthalmology in Australia Lowe, Ronald F. An Outline History of Ophthalmology in Australia 1984 Australian Journal of Ophthalmology 12 1 5-14