Person

Grey, Edmund John (1930 - 2021)

Born
20 October 1930
Western Australia, Australia
Died
4 January 2021
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Naturalist

Summary

Ed Grey joined the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria in 1990 and for the next 30 years played a central role in its affairs. He was instrumental in the successful move of the Club from South Yarra, where it had been quartered at the National Herbarium of Victoria for over 100 years, to its own premises in the Melbourne suburb of Blackburn. During his joint tenure, with his wife Pat Grey, as Editor of the Victorian naturalist, special issues were published to mark the centenaries of the Club and the death of Ferdinand von Mueller, and to recognise the Club's involvement in the declaration of the Mount Buffalo and Wilsons Promontory National Parks. Grey was a regular contributor to the Victorian naturalist and the Field Nats news. His particular interest was in fungi, leading him to promote the formation of a Special Interest Group within the Club, and to co-author Fungi down under: the Fungimap guide to Australian fungi (2005).

Details

Chronology

1990 - 2021
Career position - Member, Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria
1991 - 1994
Career position - Secretary, Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria
August 1991 - May 1995
Career position - Assistant Editor (with his wife Pat Grey), Victorian naturalist
May 1995 - December 1998
Career position - Joint Editor (with Pat Grey), Victorian naturalist

Published resources

Journal Articles

  • Presland, Gary, 'Edmund John Grey 29 October 1930 - 4 January 2021', The Victorian naturalist, 138 (1) (2021), 30-1. Details

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