MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
MS 211
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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