206:, England to Arthur Frederic Gravely and Margaret Hutchinson, the eldest of four children. The family were Quakers and although the father was a businessman, he was interested in natural history. His mother came from a farming family which also produced Sir Jonathan Hutchinson. At the age of nine he moved to a boarding school in Sheffield. He then studied at Ackworth and Bootham (both Quaker schools) before moving to
191:
33:
266:
Gravely's many contributions to the subject was the monograph he collaborated on with T. N. Ramachandran (Curator of
Archaeology 1925–1935) on the scientific basis for identifying the period of metal images. Dr. Gravely also donated a variety of sculptures, carvings and bronzes to other institutions, including the
218:
Gravely graduated in 1906 and became a demonstrator at
Manchester in 1907. He worked on collections made in the "Discovery" Antarctic Expedition along with S.J. Hickson and worked on Polychaete Larvae. In 1909 he was appointed Assistant Superintendent of the Indian Museum Calcutta. In 1914, still at
285:
Dr. Gravely pioneered the preservation of bronzes collected by the museum. He initiated the electrolytic restoration process which has helped preserve not only bronze objects, but also ethnological, pre-historic and numismatic collections. He also built a separate
Chemical Conservation Laboratory,
265:
Dr. Gravely contributed to the overall development of the museum as well. He, along with the
Curator Dr. C. Sivaramamurti, ensured in 1938 that the antiquities and industrial art collected by the museum was organized effectively, into a collection that exists even today. The most important of Dr.
613:
648:
258:
significantly enhanced the collections of the museum in the two zoological groups. He was also responsible for enlarging the reserve collection, particularly of
227:
and Zang to bring to the oriental passalids (1914), and the family itself in general (1918), the classification that is in vogue today with minor alterations.
510:
246:, revived the Bulletin of the museum, and embarked on the scientific preservation, study and interpretation of the museum's collections. His work on
678:
235:
Dr. Gravely became the
Superintendent of the Government Museum of Madras in 1920. Over the next two decades, he undertook the investigation of the
591:
668:
326:
In 1925 he married Laura
Balling and they had a daughter Ann Margaret (born 1928) and a son John Frederic (born 1931). He supported the
673:
643:
294:
He was one of the
Foundation Fellows of the National Institute of Sciences of India, now the apex scientific body in the country,
560:
295:
618:
653:
629:
An account of the
Oriental Passalidae (Coleoptera) : based primarily on the collection in the Indian Museum (1914)
175:
45:
521:
207:
72:
49:
267:
564:
166:, who conducted pioneering research and wrote extensively on various subjects during his tenure at the
663:
658:
366:(F. H. Gravely, N. Annandale and B. J. Coggin), Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal IX, 1913
224:
203:
595:
299:
430:
Section on Orders
Gymnoblastea and Calyptoblastea (The littoral fauna of Krusadai Island)
550:
Aiyappan, A. (1951) Madras
Government Museum Centenary Souvenir (1851-1951). pp. 39-50.
525:
243:
199:
623:
442:
Some Indian spiders of the families Ctenidae, Sparassidae, Selenopidae and Clubionidae
637:
628:
586:
303:
259:
167:
147:
131:
119:
608:
151:
123:
348:, Proceedings and Transactions of the Liverpool Biological Society Vol XXII, 1908
163:
84:
315:
220:
190:
311:
307:
279:
248:
159:
127:
578:
Krishnan, R. and Balaram, P. 2007. "Current Science: Some early history."
32:
424:
The Arachnida and Insecta sections (The littoral fauna of Krusadai Island)
624:
A contribution towards the revision of the Passalidae of the world (1918)
254:
236:
171:
155:
454:
The Three Main Styles of Temple Architecture Recognised by Silpa Sastras
436:
The Indian Species of the Genus Caralluma, Family : Asclepiadaceae
271:
179:
275:
330:
of which the first Indian branch was set up in the "Museum House".
466:
An Introduction to South Indian Temple Architecture and Sculptures
327:
302:
in the period 1915–18. His insect and spider collection is in the
239:
189:
223:. He unified the monographs of early observers with the notes of
448:
Catalogue of Hindu Metal Images in the Government Museum, Madras
342:(F. H. Gravely and S. J. Hickson), Natural History Journal, 1907
376:
Notes on the habits of Indian insects, myriapods and arachnids
278:. Dr. Gravely, and P V Mayuranathan considerably enhanced the
394:
A note on the marine invertebrate fauna of Chandipore, Orissa
219:
Calcutta, he received his D.Sc. for the work on the Oriental
414:, Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society XXVIII, 1922
388:
Contribution to the revision of the Passalidae of the World
484:
Shells and Other Animal Remains Found on the Madras Beach
478:
Shells and Other Animal Remains Found on the Madras Beach
352:
Notes on the habits and distribution of Limnocnida indica
360:, Journal of the Zoological Museum Hamburg, XXX, 1913
520:is used to indicate this person as the author when
406:
Some Indian spiders of the subfamily Tetragnathinae
314:from limestone caves in Burma (1911), and oriental
115:
107:
99:
94:
78:
66:
43:
23:
472:Illustrations of Indian Sculptures Mostly Southern
194:F.H. Gravely in 1921 (seated on chair, left most)
384:, Records of the Indian Museum Calcutta II, 1915
378:, Records of the Indian Museum Calcutta II, 1915
364:Limestone caves of Burma and the Malay Peninsula
146:(7 December 1885 – 1965) was an eminent British
649:Alumni of the Victoria University of Manchester
370:Account of the oriental Passalidae (Coleoptera)
286:the only one of its kind at the time, in 1937.
274:Museum and Dr. Ananda Coomaraswami's Museum in
438:, (F. H. Gravely and P. V. Mayuranathan), 1931
282:and the botanical collections of the museum.
8:
456:(F. H. Gravely and T. N. Ramachandran), 1934
450:(F. H. Gravely and T. N. Ramachandran), 1932
432:, Bulletin of Madras Government Museum, 1927
426:, Bulletin of Madras Government Museum, 1927
444:, Records of the Indian Museum XXXIII, 1931
418:Some Indian spiders of the family Lycosidae
400:The spiders and scorpions of Barkuda Island
546:
544:
542:
504:(F. H. Gravely and C. Sivaramamurti), 1977
492:(F. H. Gravely and C. Sivaramamurti), 1947
474:(F. H. Gravely and C. Sivaramamurti), 1939
468:(F. H. Gravely and C. Sivaramamurti), 1939
358:Three genera of Papuan passalid Coleoptera
20:
420:, Records of the Indian Museum XXVI, 1924
408:, Records of the Indian Museum XXII, 1921
402:, Records of the Indian Museum XXII, 1921
372:, Memoirs of the Indian Museum, III, 1914
298:. He also served as the Secretary to the
460:An Outline of Indian Temple Architecture
390:, Memoirs of the Indian Museum VII, 1918
354:(F. H. Gravely and S. P. Agharkar), 1912
306:, Calcutta. It notably contain insects,
538:
490:Guide to the Archaeological Galleries
7:
382:Notes on Indian mygalomorph Spiders
14:
619:Presidents of the Asiatic Society
31:
679:20th-century British zoologists
561:International Plant Names Index
296:Indian National Science Academy
496:The Gopuras of Thiruvannamalai
1:
598: (archived May 26, 2007)
198:Gravely was born in 1885 in
614:Genera named by F H Gravely
695:
669:People from Wellingborough
46:Government Museum, Chennai
674:English botanical writers
231:Government Museum, Madras
137:
90:
55:
39:
30:
644:Indian botanical writers
73:John Robertson Henderson
50:Connemara Public Library
214:Indian Museum, Calcutta
268:Prince of Wales Museum
195:
144:Frederic Henry Gravely
44:Superintendent of the
25:Frederic Henry Gravely
654:English entomologists
502:Notes on Hindu Images
412:Common Indian spiders
208:Manchester University
193:
242:of Krusadai Island,
16:British entomologist
511:author abbreviation
290:Other contributions
210:to study zoology.
196:
592:Biographical note
340:Hydroid Zoophytes
176:Government Museum
141:
140:
686:
571:
570:
557:
551:
548:
529:
519:
518:
517:
204:Northamptonshire
95:Personal details
81:
69:
60:
35:
21:
694:
693:
689:
688:
687:
685:
684:
683:
634:
633:
605:
596:Wayback Machine
580:Current Science
575:
574:
559:
558:
554:
549:
540:
535:
530:
515:
514:
513:
508:
336:
324:
300:Asiatic Society
292:
233:
216:
188:
162:and student of
79:
67:
61:
56:
26:
17:
12:
11:
5:
692:
690:
682:
681:
676:
671:
666:
661:
656:
651:
646:
636:
635:
632:
631:
626:
621:
616:
611:
609:Chennai Museum
604:
603:External links
601:
600:
599:
589:
573:
572:
552:
537:
536:
534:
531:
526:botanical name
507:
506:
505:
499:
493:
487:
486:, Vol II, 1942
481:
475:
469:
463:
457:
451:
445:
439:
433:
427:
421:
415:
409:
403:
397:
391:
385:
379:
373:
367:
361:
355:
349:
343:
335:
332:
323:
320:
291:
288:
244:Gulf of Mannar
232:
229:
215:
212:
200:Wellingborough
187:
184:
139:
138:
135:
134:
117:
113:
112:
109:
105:
104:
101:
97:
96:
92:
91:
88:
87:
82:
76:
75:
70:
64:
63:
53:
52:
41:
40:
37:
36:
28:
27:
24:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
691:
680:
677:
675:
672:
670:
667:
665:
662:
660:
657:
655:
652:
650:
647:
645:
642:
641:
639:
630:
627:
625:
622:
620:
617:
615:
612:
610:
607:
606:
602:
597:
593:
590:
588:
584:
581:
577:
576:
568:
567:
566: Gravely
562:
556:
553:
547:
545:
543:
539:
532:
527:
523:
512:
509:The standard
503:
500:
497:
494:
491:
488:
485:
482:
480:, Vol I, 1941
479:
476:
473:
470:
467:
464:
461:
458:
455:
452:
449:
446:
443:
440:
437:
434:
431:
428:
425:
422:
419:
416:
413:
410:
407:
404:
401:
398:
395:
392:
389:
386:
383:
380:
377:
374:
371:
368:
365:
362:
359:
356:
353:
350:
347:
344:
341:
338:
337:
333:
331:
329:
322:Personal life
321:
319:
317:
313:
309:
305:
304:Indian Museum
301:
297:
289:
287:
283:
281:
277:
273:
269:
263:
261:
260:Invertebrates
257:
256:
251:
250:
245:
241:
238:
230:
228:
226:
222:
213:
211:
209:
205:
201:
192:
185:
183:
181:
177:
173:
169:
168:Indian Museum
165:
161:
157:
153:
149:
148:arachnologist
145:
136:
133:
132:archaeologist
129:
125:
121:
120:arachnologist
118:
114:
110:
106:
102:
98:
93:
89:
86:
83:
77:
74:
71:
65:
59:
54:
51:
47:
42:
38:
34:
29:
22:
19:
585:(1):129-138
582:
579:
565:
555:
501:
495:
489:
483:
477:
471:
465:
459:
453:
447:
441:
435:
429:
423:
417:
411:
405:
399:
393:
387:
381:
375:
369:
363:
357:
351:
345:
339:
334:Bibliography
325:
293:
284:
264:
253:
247:
234:
217:
197:
152:entomologist
143:
142:
124:entomologist
80:Succeeded by
57:
18:
664:1965 deaths
659:1885 births
164:archaeology
85:A. Aiyappan
68:Preceded by
638:Categories
533:References
316:Passalidae
221:Passalidae
186:Early life
174:, and the
116:Profession
312:Myriapoda
308:Arachnida
280:Herbarium
249:Arachnida
160:zoologist
128:zoologist
62:1920–1940
58:In office
346:Hydrozoa
255:Mollusca
237:littoral
172:Calcutta
156:botanist
594:at the
516:Gravely
272:Lucknow
522:citing
498:, 1959
462:, 1936
396:, 1919
276:Boston
270:, the
180:Madras
328:Toc H
240:fauna
225:Arrow
310:and
252:and
111:1965
108:Died
103:1885
100:Born
48:and
587:PDF
640::
583:92
563:.
541:^
524:a
318:.
262:.
202:,
182:.
178:,
170:,
158:,
154:,
150:,
130:,
126:,
122:,
569:.
528:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
