Oxley Grabham
Oxley Grabham MA was a British naturalist, ornithologist, and museum curator.Career
Grabham was a masters graduate of Cambridge University 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. He was a member of the British Ornithologists' Union and a committee member of the Yorkshire Naturalist's Union.
Grabham was involved in the excavation of Wade's Causeway.
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."Personal life
In 1914 Grabham was an executor of the will of Tempest Anderson.
Upon his retirement due to ill health he was granted £150 a year for five years, plus a gratuity of £100 for special treatment. He was succeeded as Keeper by Walter Collinge, and voted an honorary member of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society upon his retirement. After retirement he was a resident of Thornton Dale.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. Victoria History of the Counties of England: Yorkshire, Vol.1. London: Archibald Constable. p351-356.
- 1908. "", British Birds, p317–32.
- 1909. "The Dormouse at home". Country Life. p521-522.
- 1916. Yorkshire Potteries, Pots, and Potters. York: Yorkshire Philosophical Society.
