Oxley Grabham

Oxley Grabham (1864-1939) MA was a British naturalist, ornithologist, and museum curator.[1][2]

Oxley Grabham
Oxley Grabham with specimens
Born1864
Died6 December 1939
OccupationOrnithologist
Museum curator
Academic background
Academic work
Institutions

Career

Grabham was a masters graduate of Cambridge University[3] and Keeper of the Yorkshire Museum from 1904 to 1919. He was appointed by the Yorkshire Philosophical Society to the position of Keeper in 1904 following the retirement of the previous incumbent, Henry Maurice Platnauer.[4] He was a member of the British Ornithologists' Union and a committee member of the Yorkshire Naturalist's Union.[5]

Grabham was involved in the excavation of Wade's Causeway.[6][7]

He was described in his obituary in the Yorkshire Post as "a naturalist of some distinction, he formed a collection of Yorkshire mammals which became famous on account of the specimens which illustrated the variety of types, many of which are rare and some unique."[8]

Personal life

In 1914 Grabham was an executor of the will of Tempest Anderson.[1]

Upon his retirement due to ill health he was granted £150 a year for five years, plus a gratuity of £100 for special treatment.[1] He was succeeded as Keeper by Walter Collinge, and voted an honorary member of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society upon his retirement.[2] After retirement he was a resident of Thornton Dale.[8]

Publications
  • 1897. "Owls and their Longevity", The Naturalist. p129.
  • 1899. "Yorkshire's Bats", The Naturalist. p69-75.
  • 1907. British Mammals. Sixty Photographs from Life.
  • 1907. "Mammalia". In Page, W. (ed.) Victoria History of the Counties of England: Yorkshire, Vol.1. London: Archibald Constable. p351-356.
  • 1908. "The colony of Little Terns at Spurn Point, Yorkshire", British Birds, p317–32.
  • 1909. "The Dormouse at home". Country Life (16 October 1909). p521-522.
  • 1916. Yorkshire Potteries, Pots, and Potters. York: Yorkshire Philosophical Society.

References
  1. Pyrah, B. (1988). The History of the Yorkshire Museum and its Geological Collections. North Yorkshire County Council. pp. 110–114.
  2. "Obituary: Oxley Grabham". Yorkshire Philosophical Society Annual Report, 1939. 1939.
  3. "An Order Refused: Pickering Man Unsuccessfully sued by Wife". Leeds Mercury. 12 November 1929.
  4. Yorkshire Philosophical Society (1905). Report of the Council of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society. February 13th 1905.
  5. "40th Annual Report, 1901". Transactions of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union. 29: 135–136. 1903.
  6. Cowley Fowler, J., ed. (1913). "Work of the Sections" (PDF). Proceedings of the Cleveland Naturalists Field Club, 1910-1911. 3 (1): 48.
  7. "Visit to Roman Road. September 3rd 1956" (PDF). Proceedings of the Whitby Naturalists Club. 1956.
  8. "Obituary: Oxley Grabham". Yorkshire Post. 8 December 1939.
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