# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-ray
# Generated: 2026-09-08T19:49:11.333Z

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name: "John Ray"
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description: "John Ray was an English Christian naturalist and one of the earliest English parson-naturalists. Until 1670 he wrote his name as John Wray; from then on, he used 'Ray', after \"having ascertained that such had been the practice of his family before him\". He published important works in the fields of botany, zoology and natural theology."
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birthDate: "1627-11-29"
deathDate: "1705-01-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump