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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2026-06-10 human Ken McInnes updated 2026-06-10 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P008065b.htm person Bainton John Richard AACR2 10 September 1867 13 June 1924 Place of Birth Geneva, Switzerland Place of Death Wentworth Falls, New South Wales, Australia Electrical engineer John Richard Bainton was a electrical engineer who pioneered the introduction of electric elevators into Australia, and the establishment of automatic telephone exchange systems within the New South Wales Railways and later Federally across Australia. He secured contracts to manufacture in Australia, large turbo-generators for the New South Wales Railways, and with J. B. Nicholson, established what later became the English Electric Co. of Australia, one of the largest engineering concerns in the country. As Australia had treated him well, he felt an obligation to do something for young electrical engineers, and gifted £500 to The Institution of Engineers, Australia, for books and prizes. The J. R. Bainton Prize was one of the legacies of this gift. 1889 1889 Life event - Came to Australia, as agent for Woodhouse & Rawson Ltd., Engineers, London 1889 1889 Career event - Associate, Society of Telegraph-Engineers and Electricians, London / Institution of Electrical Engineers, London 1891 1891 Career event - Member, Electrical Association of New South Wales 1898 1898 Lecture - "Electric elevators", Electrical Association of New South Wales 1899 1899 Lecture - "Electrical Mining Machinery", New South Wales Chamber of Mines 1899 1899 Career event - Member, Institution of Electrical Engineers, London 1900 1900 Lecture - The electrical industry in America and Great Britain", Electrical Association of New South Wales 1900 1902 Career position - President, Electrical Association of New South Wales 1903 1903 Career event - Founded the Standard Electric Elevator Coy. Ltd., with J. B. Nicholson 1919 1919 Career event - Foundation Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1921 1921 Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1924 1924 Buried - Wentworth Falls Cemetery, New South Wales Electrical Association of New South Wales (1891 - 1915)

President 1902

 J. R. Bainton Prize, Institution of Engineers Australia (1923 - )

The prize was established on funds presented to the Institution of Engineers Australia by John R. Bainton, in recognition of the work of the Electrical Association of Australia.

 'Bainton, John Richard', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, History of Australian Science Research Group Bainton, John Richard Swinburne University of Technology, Office of the Chief Scientist Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Newspaper Article: Electrical Association. Paper by Mr. J. R. Bainton Electrical Association. Paper by Mr. J. R. Bainton 1900 The Daily Telegraph (Sydney) 2 Newspaper Article: Obituary: Mr. J. R. Bainton Obituary: Mr. J. R. Bainton 1924 Sydney Morning Herald 19 Journal Article: Memoirs Memoirs 1924 Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 5 395-408