John Edward Gray
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1800 – 1875
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Who was John Edward Gray?
John Edward Gray, FRS was a British zoologist. He was the elder brother of George Robert Gray and son of the pharmacologist and botanist Samuel Frederick Gray.
Gray was Keeper of Zoology at the British Museum in London from 1840 until Christmas 1874, before the Natural History holdings were split off to the Natural History Museum. He published several catalogues of the museum collections that included comprehensive discussions of animal groups as well as descriptions of new species. He improved the zoological collections to make them amongst the best in the world.
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- Born
- Feb 12, 1800
Walsall - Also known as
- Грей, Джон Эдуард
- 约翰·爱德华·格雷
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Maria Emma Gray
(1826 - )
- Maria Emma Gray
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Died
- Mar 7, 1875
London
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on July 23, 2013
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