Person
Ross, Joseph Grafton (1834 - 1906)
- Born
- 9 June 1834
Kidderminster, Worcestershire, United Kingdom - Died
- 4 July 1906
Bournemouth, United Kingdom - Occupation
- Company director
Summary
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.
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Chronology
- 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
- Life event - Resigned
- 1880
- Life event - Returned to England
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- Collins, David, Chemistry in 19th Australia - Select Bibliography, An exhibition of the Encyclopedia circa 2005 with assistance from Ailie Smith and Gavan McCarthy., eScholarship Research Centre (original publisher), Melbourne, 2009, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/ciab/ciab_ALL.html. Details
Book Sections
- Lowndes, A. G., 'Ross, Joseph Grafton (1834-1906)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 6: 1851 - 1890 R - Z, Bede Nairn, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1976), p. 62. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A060069b.htm. Details
- 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)' in Index to New South Wales Letters of Registration of Inventions, 1854 to July 1887 (Sydney: Government Printer, 1891). Details
- Ross, Joseph Grafton and Dixon, William Adam, 'Improvements in the Manufacture of Alcohol (Patent: 7 June, 1875)' in Index to New South Wales Letters of Registration of Inventions, 1854 to July 1887 (Sydney: Government Printer, 1891), p. 62. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21535905. Details
- 'Ross, Joseph Grafton (1834-1906)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1464433. Details
Annette Alafaci
Created: 18 October 2006, Last modified: 7 February 2011