George Robert Gray
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1808 – 1872
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Who was George Robert Gray?
George Robert Gray FRS was an English zoologist and author, and head of the ornithological section of the British Museum, now the Natural History Museum, in London for forty-one years. He was the younger brother of the zoologist John Edward Gray and the son of the botanist Samuel Frederick Gray.
George Gray's most important publication was his Genera of Birds, illustrated by David William Mitchell and Joseph Wolf, which included 46,000 references.
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- Born
- Jul 8, 1808
Chelsea - Parents
- Siblings
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Died
- May 6, 1872
London
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on July 23, 2013
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