John Ray
British botanist (1627-1705) · United Kingdom · Scientists · Died at 77
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Something wrong?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".
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Sculpture of Ray by Louis-François Roubiliac, housed at the British Museum
Ray's birthplace in Black Notley, Essex
Blue plaque to John Ray
Memorial to John Ray in the churchyard of St Peter and St Paul in Black Notley
Close-up of memorial to John Ray
Synopsis methodica stirpium britannicarum, 1690
Woodcut (1693)Awards
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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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