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BRAY, Robert John (1929-

Dr Bray was born in Richmond, Surrey, on 14 March 1929. He was educated at the 
University of Oxford (BA 1952, MA 1956, DPhil 1956). He came to Australia in 
1956 to join the CSIRO Division of Physics, where he worked as a Research 
Officer 1956-62, Senior Research Officer 1962-69, Principal Research Scientist 
1969-80 and Senior Principal Research Scientist, Division of Applied Physics 
from 1980. He was Chairman of the Australian Astronomy and Space Exploration 
Liaison Group 1983-86 and Australian representative, Large Earth-Based Solar 
Telescope Foundation from 1984.

His field of research is solar spectroscopy.


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     1     Personal and miscellaneous

     2     Scientific correspondence, 1952-1976

     3     Scientific correspondence, 1977-1988

     4     Scientific correspondence, 1989-1996

     5     World trips:  correspondence with R E Loughhead, February – 
           November 1964; August – September 1970; August-September 1979

     6     Large Earth-Based Solar Telescope Foundation ('LEST') – Australian 
           membership:  correspondence, 1983-1989; report to Australian 
           Government Department of Science, January 1985

     7     JOSO – Joint Organization for Solar Observations: Australian 
           membership; correspondence, 1986-1989

     8     "Sunspots" by R J Bray and R E Loughhead, Chapman & Hall Ltd., 
           London, 1964:  book contract; correspondence with Chapman & Hall, 
           1961-1964; Published reviews, 1965-1966; 'permissions' 
           correspondence, 1962-1963; miscellaneous correspondence, 1960-
           1993; English translation of footnotes added to the pirated Russian 
           edition (Mir, Moscow)

     9     "Sunspots" by R J Bray and R E Loughhead, Dover Publications Inc., 
           New York, 1979:  book contract; correspondence with Dover, 1977-
           1985; publicity material from Dover

    10     "The Solar Granulation" by R J Bray and R E Loughhead, 1st edition, 
           Chapman & Hall Ltd., London, 1967:  book contract; correspondence 
           with Chapman & Hall, 1964-1967; published reviews, 1967-1968

    11     "The Solar Granulation" by R J Bray, R E Loughhead and C J Durrant, 
           2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, 1984:  book contract; 
           correspondence with CUP:  correspondence between authors; 
           correspondence subsequent to publication (to 1989); published 
           reviews, 1984-1985

    12     "The Solar Chromosphere" by R J Bray and R E Loughhead, Chapman 
           & Hall Ltd., London, 1974:  book contract; correspondence with 
           Chapman & Hall, 1970-1985; published reviews, 1974-1975; 
           'permissions' correspondence, 1971-1972; miscellaneous 
           correspondence 1971-1988


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     1     "Plasma Loops in the Solar Corona" by R J Bray, L E Cram, C J 
           Durrant and R E Loughhead, Cambridge University Press, 1991: 
           book contract; author information sheet (CUP); correspondence with 
           CUP, 1987-1991; correspondence between authors; 'permissions' 
           correspondence, 1987-1989; miscellaneous correspondence, 1991; 
           published reviews, 1992

     2     'A Heat-Absorbing Prime Focus Diaphragm for the Large Earth-
           Based Solar Telescope [LEST]': design study; correspondence, 1986-
           1991

     3     'Australia and the Transit of Venus' (published 1981):  
           correspondence with well-known people; miscellaneous 
           correspondence re this article, 1981-1983; letter to the "Sydney 
           Morning Herald" concerning Captain Cook, and some reactions; 
           correspondence with Sir Geoffrey Badger (January – June 1983) 
           concerning his forthcoming book The Exploration of the Pacific 
           (1988)

     4     R J Bray – Classification appeal, principal research scientist to 
           senior principal research scientist:  index to appendices; written 
           and verbal evidence laid before the Appeals Committee; 
           correspondence, 1980-1982

     5     R J Bray – Redundancy proceedings, April – November 1987:  
           correspondence with CSIRO Personnel Branch, CSIRO Officers 
           Association, and Chief, CSIRO Division of Applied Physics


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