John Edward Gray

John Edward Gray (1800-1875) was an English naturalist, born at Walsall. He 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. He is the author of books and papers to the number of 500, and was an active promoter of scientific societies in London.

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