John Edward Gray

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John Edward Gray is a British zoologist , born the February 12th 1800 with Walsall and dead the March 7th 1875. He is the oldest brother of George Robert Gray, also zoologist. Their father is Samuel Frederick Gray (1766-1828), a pharmacologist and a famous Botaniste at his time.

Its family settles rather early with London where Gray starts to study the Médecine at 16 years. He becomes the assistant of his father when this one writes off The Natural Arrangement British Plants (1821). After refusebeing refused with the Company linnéenne of London, it is diverted Botanique and is devoted to the Zoologie. He works, starting from 1824, at the department of zoology of the British Museum where he helps John George Children with the drafting of the catalog of the collections of Reptile S. In 1840, he replaces Children at the station of conservative of this department, function which he will occupy until Christmas 1874.

He publishes several catalogs of the collections of the natural history museum in which he analyzes the animal groups but also described news Espèce S. He takes an active part in the enrichment of the collections of zoology of the British Museum which becomes among most important of the world. It is estimated that a million additional specimens come to be added to the collections during the direction of Gray.

It publishes very many titles, close to 1  200, mainly in zoology. It is often about repetitive catalog and lack critical analysis. In 1832, he becomes member of the Royal Society.

Gray is also interested in the Philatélie. May 1st 1840, when the first Penny Black is put on sale, it acquires of several specimens of it, becoming thus the first Philatéliste world. It seems that he was one of the first to propose a rate of uniform stamping for the postal sending, thus preparing the arrival of the stamp.

The Crabier of Gray ( Ardeola grayii ), of the family of the Héron S (Ardeidae), was dedicated to him by the colonel William Henry Sykes (1790-1872).

List partial of the publications

  • 1821 : With natural arrangement off Mollusca, according to their internal structure. Medical London Repository 15: 229-239.
  • 1824 : With revision off the family Equidae. Zool. J. Lond. 1: 241-248 pl. 9
  • 1824 : One the natural arrangement off the pulmonobranchous Mollusca. The Annals off Philosophy , new series 8: 107-109.
  • 1825 : Year outline off year attempt At the provision off the Mammalia into tribes and families with has list off the generated apparently appertaining to each tribe. Ann. Philosophies. (NS) 10: 337-344
  • 1825 : With list and description off nap species off shells not taken note off by Lamarck. Annals off Philosophy 25: 134-140, 407-415.
  • 1826 : Vertebrata. Mammalia. (Appendix B in share). p. 412-415 in King, P.P. (ED.) Narrative off has Survey off the Intertropical and Western Coasts off Australia. Performed between the years 1818 and 1822. With year Appendix, containing various subjects relating to hydrography and natural history. London: J. Murray vol. 2
  • 1827 : Synopsis off the species off the class Mammalia. p. 1-391 in Baron Cuvier Animal The Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with its Organization , by the Baron (G) Vat, with additional descriptions. by Edward Griffith. and others. (16 flights: 1827-1835). London: George B. Whittaker vol. 5
  • 1828 : Spicilegia Zoologica, original gold figures and shorts systematic descriptions off new and unfigured animals. Pt 1. London: Treuttel, Würtz & Co.
  • 1829 : Year attempt to improve the natural arrangement off the generated off beats, from actual examination; with sum observations one the development off to their wings. Philosophies. Mag. (NS) 6: 28-36
  • 1830 : With synopsis off the species off the class Reptilia. p 1-110 in Griffith, E. animal The kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization by the Baron Cuvier. London: Whitaker and Treacher and Co. 9: 481 + 110 p.
  • 1830-1835 : Illustrations off Indian zoology; chiefly selected from the collection off Major-General Hardwicke, F.R.S… 20 parts in 2 volumes. It. Indian Zool.
  • 1831 : Description off twelve new off generated fish, discovered by Gen. Hardwicke, in India, the greater share in the British Museum. Zool. Misc.
  • 1831 : Descriptions off nap new generated and species off beat. pp. 37-38 in Gray, J.E. (ED.) The Zoological Miscellany. Pt 1. London: Treuttel, Würtz & Co.
  • 1832 : Characters off has off new genus Mammalia, and off has new genus and two new species off lizards, from New Holland. Proc. Zool. Lond plowshare. 1832: 39-40
  • 1834 : Characters off has new species off beats (Rhinolophus, Geoffr.) from New Holland. Proc. Zool. Lond plowshare. 1834: 52-53
  • 1837 : Description off nap new gold little known Mammalia, principally in the British Museum Collection. Mag. Nat. Hist. (NS) 1: 577-587
  • 1838 : With revision off the generated off beat (Vespertilionidae), and the description off nap new generated and species. Mag. Zool. Club-footed. 2: 483-505
  • 1839 : Descriptions off nap Mammalia discovered in Cuba by W.S. MacLeay, Esq. With off summons account to their clothes, extracted from Mr. MacLeay' S notes. Ann. Nat. Hist. 4: 1-7 pl. 1
  • 1841 : Contributions towards the geographical distribution off the Mammalia in Australia, with notes one summons recently discovered species, in has letter addressed to the Author. Appendix C. pp. 397-414 in Grey, G. Journals off Two Forwardings off Discovery in North-west and Western Australia During the Years 1837,38, and 39, Under the Authority off Her Majesty' S Government. Describing many newly discovered, important, and fertile districts, with observations one the moral and physical condition off the aboriginal inhabitants, &c. &c. London: T. & W. Boone vol. 2 vii 482 pp.
  • 1841 : Catalog off the species has off reptiles and amphibia hitherto described ace… Annals and Magazine off Natural History . (4) 8: 117-118.
  • 1842 : Descriptions off nap new generated off and fifty unrecorded species Mammalia. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10: 255-267
  • 1843 : List off the specimens off Mammalia in the collection off the British Museum. London: British Museum xxviii + 216 p.
  • 1843 : Shells. In E. Dieffenbach, Travels in New Zealand, with contributions to the geography, geology, botany and natural history off that country. 2,396 p. Murray: London.
  • 1844 : The seals off the Southern Hemisphere. pp. 1-8, 14-17 pls 1-10 in Richardson, J. & Gray, J.E. (eds) The Zoology off the Voyage off H.M.S. Erebus and Terror, under the Command off Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839 to 1843 , Volume 1 Mammalia, Birds. London: E.W. Janson
  • 1844 : The seals off the southern hemisphere. pp. 1-8 pls 1-10, 14-17 in Richardson, J. & Gray, J.E. (eds) The Zoology off the Voyage off H.M.S. Erebus and Terror, under the Command off Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839 to 1843 . Vol. 1 Mammalia, birds. London: E.W. Janson
  • 1844 : Beasts. pp. pls 18-22, 25-29 in Richardson, J. & Gray, J.E. (1844-1875). (eds) The Zoology off the Voyage off H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, under the Command off Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839 to 1843. Mammalia, birds. London: E.W. Janson vol. 1
  • 1845 : Description off nap new Australian animals. pp. 405-411 pls 1-3 in Eyre, E.J. (1845) (ED.) Journals off Forwardings off Discovery into Central Australia, and Overland from Adelaide to King George' S Sound, in the Years 1840-1; off feels by the colonists South Australia, with the sanction and support off the Government: including year account off the manners and customs off the Aborigines and the state off to their relations with Europeans. London: T. & W. Boone vol. 1
  • 1846 : One the British Cetacea. Ann. Nat. Hist. 17: 82-85
  • 1846 : One the cetaceous animals. pp. 13-53 in Richardson, J. & Gray, J.E. (eds) The Zoology off the Voyage off H.M.S. Erebus and Terror under the Command off Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839 to 1843 . Vol. 1 Mammalia, Birds 37 pls. London: E.W. Janson
  • 1847 : Characters off six new generated off beat not hitherto distinguished. Proc. Zool. Lond plowshare. 1847: 14-16
  • 1847 : Description off has new rat from South Australia. Proc. Zool. Lond plowshare. 1847: 5-6
  • 1847 : With list off the generated recent Mollusca off, to their synonymia and standard. Proceedings off the Zoological Society off London 15: 129-219.
  • 1850 : Catalog off the Mollusca in the Collection off the British Museum II. II. Pteropoda : 1-45. E. Newman: London.
  • 1850 : Figures off molluscous animals, selected from various authors. vol. 4. 124 p.
  • 1854 : Catalog off fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow, now in the British Museum. London. Cat. Fish Gronow, p. i-vii + 1-196
  • 1857 : Guide to the systematic distribution off Mollusca in the British Museum. Share I. British Museum, London. xii + 230 p.
  • 1858 : One Charadella and Lichenella, new forms off polyzoa from Australia. Proceedings off the Zoological Society off London 26: 319-322.
  • 1858 : List off species off Mammalia feels from the Aru Islands by Mr. A.R. Wallace to the British Museum. Proc. Zool. Lond plowshare. 1858: 106-113 pls 63-64
  • 1859 : One Charadella and Lichenella, new forms off polyzoa from Australia. The Annals and Magazine off Natural History , Ser. 3,3: 150-154.
  • 1862 : Note off has new species off dolphin (Delphinus catalania), discovered in North Australia by Mr. John Macgillivray. Proc. Zool. Lond plowshare. 1862: 143-145
  • 1863 : Description off nap new species off mammalia. Proc. Zool. Lond plowshare. 1862: 261-263 pls 33-35
  • 1864 : Handbook off British Toilets-Weeds gold Algae. R. Hardwicke, London. iv +123 p.
  • 1864 : One the Cetacea which cuts been observed in the seas surrounding the British Islands. Proc. Zool. Lond plowshare. 1864: 195-248
  • 1865 : Notes one the whales off the Cape. Proc. Zool. Lond plowshare. 1865: 357-359
  • 1865 : Note off has off new species Australian Sperm Whale (Catodon krefftii) in the Sydney Museum. Proc. Zool. Lond plowshare. 1865: 439-442
  • 1866 : Catalog off Seals and Whales in the British Museum. London: British Museum vii + 402 pp.
  • 1866 : With revision off the generated pteropine off beat (Pteropidae), and the descriptions off nap apparently undescribed species. Proc. Zool. Lond plowshare. 1866: 62-67
  • 1866 : With revision off the off generated Rhinolophidae, gold horseshoe beat. Proc. Zool. Lond plowshare. 1866: 81-83
  • 1866 : Notes one the skulls off dolphins, but bottlenose whales, in the British Museum. Proc. Zool. Lond plowshare. 1866: 211-216
  • 1866 : Notes one the skulls off sea-bears and sea-lions (Otariadae) in the British Museum. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) 18: 228-237
  • 1866 : Notes one summons Mammalia from Port Albany (Cape York Peninsula), North Australia, with the descriptions off nap new species. Proc. Zool. Lond plowshare. 1866: 219-221 pl. 25
  • 1867 : Lithothrix, has off new genus Coral-red. The Newspaper off Botany, British and Foreign 5: 33.
  • 1867 : Notes one the variegated gold yellow-tailed rats off Australasia. Proc. Zool. Lond plowshare. 1867: 597-600
  • 1869 : Additional notes one Sea-Bears (Otariadae). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 4: 264-270
  • 1870 : Observations one the Whales described in the “Osteography” &c. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 6: 154-157
  • 1870 : Notes there the skulls off the genus Orca in the British Museum, and note off is specimen off the genus from the Seychelles: O. capensis. Proc. Zool. Lond plowshare. 1870: 70-77
  • 1871 : Supplement to the Catalog off Seals and Whales in the British Museum. London: British Museum xi 109 p.
  • 1871 : Notes one the Berardius off New Zealand. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 8: 115-117
  • 1871 : There Euchelymys is new genus and two new species off Australian freshwater tortoises. Annals and Magazine off Natural History. (4) 8: 117-118.
  • 1872 : One the genus Chelymys and its combines from Australia. Proceedings off the Zoological Society off London , 1872: 504-514.
  • 1872 : Note off has new Netted Sponge (Meyerella) from the Filipino. Annals and Magazine off Natural History , (4) 10: 76.
  • 1872 : One the Sea-Bear off New Zealand (Arctocephalus cinereus) and the North-Australian Sea-Bear (Gypsophoca tropicalis). Proc. Zool. Lond plowshare. 1872: 653-662
  • 1873 : Remarks one summons off the species in the foregoing paper 1873. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 11: 107-112
  • 1873 : Note off the skeleton off the New Zealand Right Whale (Macleayius australiensis) and other whales, and other New Zealand marinades Mammalia. Proc. Zool. Lond plowshare. 1873: 129-145
  • 1874 : Description off the skull off has new species off dolphin (Feresa attenuata). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist . (4) 4: 238-239
  • 1874 : Hand-list off Seals, Morses, Sea-lions, and Sea-bears in the British Museum . London: British Museum 44 pp. 30 pls
  • 1875 : Feresa attenuata, sp. N. J. Driven. Godeffroy 8: *** Pages - No Details ***
  • 1875 : Miscellanea. pp. 12a-12d in Richardson, J. & Gray, J.E. (1844-1875) (eds) The Zoology off the Voyage off H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, under the Command off Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839 to 1843. Mammalia, birds. London: E.W. Janson vol. 1

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  • Works of Gray digitized by the SCD of the University Louis Pasteur of Strasbourg

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