Person Grubb; Sir; Howard (1844 - 1931) Grubb Howard Sir 1844 - 1931 British Male Dublin, Ireland February or 28 July 1844 Monkstown, Ireland 16 or 17 September 1931

141 Leinster Road, Rathmines, Dublin

Engineer; Optician Optical engineering Education: Trinity College, Dublin; Honorary Master in Engineering, Trinity College, Dublin (1876) Career: Took over his father's optical works, Dublin; constructed large telescopes for the British and Colonial governments including the 'Great Melbourne Telescope' and the 'Great Vienna Refractor'; worked on periscopes for the Royal Navy; Scientific Advisor to the Commissioners of Irish Lights; awarded Boyle Medal of the Royal Dublin Society (1912) Honours: Kt 1887 Memberships: FRAS; FRDS Youngest son of Thomas Grubb (FRS 1864); married (1871) Mary Hester, daughter of George Hamilton Walker MD of Louisiana, USA Fellow 07/06/1883 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB; Irish Innovators Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc Series A 1932 vol 135 pp iv-ix, plate, signed by S S C References: A A Mills and R Hall, 'The Production of a Plane Surface. As Illustrated by Specula From Some Early Newtonian Telescopes' in NR 1982-83 vol 37 pp 147-166 Notes: DSB gives birth and death dates as February 1844 and 17 September 1931 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Feb 1844 or 28 Jul 1844 - 16 or 17 Sep 1931 NA8229 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/37678679 0216c486-162d-4711-a112-cfbe0a8d0541