Kerr Grant was born in the then rural town of Bacchus Marsh, near Melbourne in the Australian state of Victoria in 1878. He studied mathematics at the University of Melbourne and was awarded a B.Sc. in 1901 and M.Sc.
Born in the then-rural town of Bacchus Marsh, near Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, in 1878, Kerr Grant pursued his studies in mathematics at the University of Melbourne and was awarded a B.Sc. in 1901 and an M.Sc.