James Huntley Grayson (born 1944) is a scholar of the religions and folklore of Korea.
[2] Grayson served as a missionary of the United Methodist Church (USA) to South Korea between 1971 and 1987.
[4] In 1987 he moved to the University of Sheffield, where at the School of East Asian Studies, he taught Korean history and culture, and East Asian philosophy and religion.
[6] His research is informed by his anthropological training and has been aided by fieldwork in Korea, Japan, and Okinawa.
[7] A collection of Grayson's research notes and correspondence, from the time he spent in East Asia, is kept in the Special Collections of the University Library, University of Sheffield.