GRAY, JOHN EDWARD

GRAY, JOHN EDWARD
   English naturalist, born at Walsall; studied medicine, and at 24 entered the British Museum as an assistant in the Natural History department; in 1840 he became keeper of the Zoological Collections, of which he made a complete catalogue, enriched with most valuable notes; is the author of books and papers to the number of 500, and was an active promoter of scientific societies in London (1800-1875).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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