Graydon Henning

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Graydon Henning is a distinguished economic historian from the University of New England in Australia and serves as the President of the International Commission for Maritime History from 2005 to 2010.

[edit] Early Life and Education

Henning received a BEc. BA from the University of Adelaide and a Master of Arts degree from The University of Melbourne

[edit] Academic Career

Henning taught economic history at the University of New England for thirty years before being named an honorary fellow.

He was a founding member and honorary life member of the Australian Association for Maritime History. He served as editor of that Association's journal The Great Circle from 1989 to 1998.

He has also served as a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Maritime History and has been a Vice-President of the International Commission for Maritime History.

Graydon Henning is a specialist in Australian economic history with a particular interest in maritime transport, business, and mining history, 1870 - 1914, and in the lumber trade of the Pacific Northwest, 1890 - 1914.