for several months, and then prompted by the number of patients seeking treatment for eye and ear disease, founded the Eye and Ear Infirmary in rented premises at 2 Albert Street, East Melbourne. Death Gray died at his home at 13 Collins Street, Melbourne on 10 July 1907, aged 81 years. He had been suffering from cystitis, bronchopneumonia and exhaustion, but nonetheless had continued to work at the Eye and Ear Hospital until two weeks before his death. Gray's wife, Beth, died on 19 July 1928, aged 80. They were survived by eleven of their fourteen children (one son and ten daughters). Is the great-great grandfather of Simon Baker. References 1826 births 1907 deaths Irish ophthalmologists Irish emigrants to colonial Australia Australian ophthalmologists People from Limerick (city) Railway surgeons Medical doctors from County Limerick