William Grasby
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William Catton Grasby (2 October 1859 – 26 October 1930) was an Australian agricultural journalist and educationist.
Grasby was born at
Colony of South Australia to Yorkshire-born farmer William Grasby and Frances, née Catton. He was educated at home, and from the age of thirteen was a pupil-teacher. He travelled to Europe in 1881 and returned to Australia to teach in primary schools. He found the Payneham Boys' Field Club in 1887 and advocated reform in educational policies in South Australia. In 1891, he published Teaching in Three Continents, the result of two years' study of education in North America, Great Britain and Europe. He summarised his proposals in Our Public Schools, a polemic that advocated kindergartens, practical education, abolition of school fees, results-based wages for teachers and extended educational training. He edited the Educator (1893–94) for the duration of its publication.[1]
In 1892, he was appointed director of agronomy and manual training at Way College in
independent without success.[1]
In 1904, Grasby moved to
References
- ^ a b c Ramsland, John (1983). "Grasby, William Catton (1859-1930)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
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