Asa Gray
American botanist (1810-1888) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 77
Asa Gray was an American botanist who was considered the most important American botanist of the 19th century. His Darwiniana (1876) was considered by some as an important explanation of how religion and science were not necessarily mutually exclusive.
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Gray in 1841
Shortia galacifolia, which Gray named
Suksdorfia violacea, the type species of its genus
Photograph by John Adams Whipple, 1864
Aesculus discolor by Gray, from Plates Prepared between the Years 1849 and 1859 to Accompany a Report on the Forest Trees of North America
Hymenoxys hoopesii (owl's claws), an example of Plummera named by Gray
Gray in 1867Awards
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Gray was adamant that a genetic connection must exist between all members of a species. He was also strongly opposed to the ideas of hybridization within one generation and special creation in the sense of its not allowing for evolution. Gray was a strong supporter of Darwin while at the same time being a proponent of theistic evolution.
