See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• EDWARD

EDWARD See also:

• GRAY
• GRAY (or GREY), WALTER DE (d. 1255)
• GRAY, ASA (1810-1888)
• GRAY, DAVID (1838-1861)
• GRAY, ELISHA (1835-1901)
• GRAY, HENRY PETERS (1819-18/7)
• GRAY, HORACE (1828–1902)
• GRAY, JOHN DE (d. 1214)
• JOHN EDWARD GRAY (1800–1875)
• GRAY, PATRICK GRAY, 6TH BARON (d. 1612)
• GRAY, ROBERT (1809-1872)
• GRAY, SIR THOMAS (d. c. 1369)
• GRAY, THOMAS (1716-1771)

GRAY (1800–1875)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English naturalist, See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• WALSALL

Walsall, See also:

• STAFFORDSHIRE

Staffordshire, in ',Soo, was the eldest of the three sons of S . F . See also:

• GRAY
• GRAY (or GREY), WALTER DE (d. 1255)
• GRAY, ASA (1810-1888)
• GRAY, DAVID (1838-1861)
• GRAY, ELISHA (1835-1901)
• GRAY, HENRY PETERS (1819-18/7)
• GRAY, HORACE (1828–1902)
• GRAY, JOHN DE (d. 1214)
• GRAY, JOHN EDWARD (1800–1875)
• GRAY, PATRICK GRAY, 6TH BARON (d. 1612)
• GRAY, ROBERT (1809-1872)
• GRAY, SIR THOMAS (d. c. 1369)
• GRAY, THOMAS (1716-1771)

Gray, of that See also:

• TOWN

town, druggist and writer on See also:

• BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

botany, and author of the Supplement to the See also:

• PHARMACOPOEIA (lit. the art of the OapµaK07robbs, or drug-compounder)

Pharmacopoeia, &c., his grandfather being S . F . Gray, who translated the Philosophia Botanica of See also:

• LINNAEUS

Linnaeus for the Introduction to .Botany of See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James See also:

• LEE
• LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
• LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
• LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
• LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
• LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
• LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
• LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
• LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
• LEE, RICHARD HENRY (1732-1794)
• LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
• LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
• LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
• LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908)

Lee (1715–1795) . Gray studied at St See also:

• BARTHOLOMEW, JOHN (1831-1893)
• BARTHOLOMEW, SAINT

Bartholomew's and other hospitals for the medical profession, but at an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age was attracted to the pursuit of botany . He assisted his See also:

• FATHER

father by See also:

• COLLECTING

collecting notes on botany and See also:

• COMPARATIVE

comparative See also:

• ANATOMY
• ANATOMY (Gr. avaroyil, from ava-silo c', to cut up)

anatomy and See also:

• ZOOLOGY (from Gr. Nov, a living thing, and ?byos, theory)

zoology in See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

Banks's library at the See also:

• BRITISH

British Museum, aided by Dr W . E . Leach, assistant keeper, and the systematic synopsis of the Natural Arrangement of British See also:

• PLANTS

Plants, 2 vols., 1821, was prepared by him, his father See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing the See also:

• PREFACE (Med. Lat. prefatia, for classical praefatio, praefari, to speak beforehand)

preface and introduction-only . In consequence of his application for member-See also:

• SHIP

ship of the Linnaean Society being rejected in 1822, he turned to the study of zoology, writing on zoophytes, shells, See also:

• MOLLUSCA

Mollusca and Papilionidae, still aided by Dr Leach at the British Museum . In See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1824 he obtained the See also:

• POST

post of assistant in that institution; and from that date to December 1839, when J . G .

See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

Children retired from the keepership, he had so zealously applied himself to the study, See also:

• CLASSIFICATION (Lat. classis, a class, probably from the root cal-, cla-, as in Gr. icaMce, clamor)

classification and improvement of the See also:

• NATIONAL

national collection of zoology that he was selected as the fittest See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person to be entrusted with its See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge . Immediately on his See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment as keeper, he took in See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand the revision of the systematic arrangement of the collections; scientific catalogues followed in rapid See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession; the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department was raised in importance; its poverty as well as its See also:

• WEALTH

wealth became known, and whilst increased grants, donations and exchanges made See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good many deficiencies, See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers of students, See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign as well as English, availed themselves of its resources to enlarge the knowledge of zoology in all its branches . In spite of numerous obstacles, he worked up the department, within a few years of his appointment as keeper, to such a See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of excellence as to make it the See also:

• RIVAL

rival of the cabinets of See also:

• LEIDEN

Leiden, See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris and See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin; and later on it was raised under his management to the dignity of the largest and most See also:

• COMPLETE

complete zoological collection in the See also:

• WORLD

world . Although seized with See also:

• PARALYSIS, or PALSY (from Gr. aapal,6a , to relax; Wycliffe has palesy, and another old form of the word is parlesy)

paralysis in 187o, he continued to See also:

• DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

discharge the functions of keeper of zoology, and to contribute papers to the See also:

• ANNALS (Annales, from annus, a year)

Annals of Natural See also:

• HISTORY

History, his favourite See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

journal,and to the transactions of a few of the learned See also:

• SOCIETIES, LEARNED

societies; but at See also:

• CHRISTMAS (i.e. the Mass of Christ)

Christmas 1874, having completed See also:

• HALF

half a See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century of See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official See also:

• WORK

work, he resigned See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office, and died in See also:

• LONDON

London on the 7th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1875 . Gray was an exceedingly voluminous writer, and his interests.were not confined to natural history only, for he took an active See also:

• PART

part in questions of public importance of his See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day, such as slave emancipation, See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison discipline, abolition of imprisonment for See also:

• DEBT (Lat. debitum, a thing owed)

debt, sanitary and municipal organizations, the decimal See also:

• SYSTEM

system, public See also:

• EDUCATION

education, See also:

• EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension of the opening of museums, &c . He began to publish in 182o, and continued till the See also:

• YEAR

year of his See also:

• DEATH

death . The titles of the books, See also:

• MEMOIRS

memoirs and See also:

• MISCELLANEOUS

miscellaneous papers written by him, accompanied by a few notes, fill a privately printed See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list of 56 See also:

• OCTAVO

octavo pages with 1162 entries .