| Authorised form of name | Gray; John Edward (1800 - 1875); naturalist |
| Dates | 1800 - 1875 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Walsall, Staffordshire, England |
| Date of birth | 12 February 1800 |
| Date of death | 07 March 1875 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
St Mary's Church, Lewisham |
| Occupation | Museum curatot |
| Research field | Zoology |
| Natural history |
| Activity | Career:
Assistant Keeper in Zoology at British Museum, 1824. Keeper 1840-1874
Founder of the Royal Entomological Society |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 02/02/1832 |
| Relationships | Son of Samuel Frederick Gray, naturalist and pharmacologist; Brother of George Robert Gray FRS |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Joel Mandelstam, 'Du Chaillu's Stuffed Gorillas and the Savants from the British Museum' in NR 1994 vol 48 pp 227-245, plate
A E Gunther, 'J E Gray, Charles Darwin, and the Cirripedes, 1846-1851' in NR 1979-80 vol 34 pp 53-63 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/32135239 |
| Code | NA1710 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| MC/10/10 | Letter from J E [John Edward] Gray, British Museum, to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 8 August 1873 |
| EC/1832/07 | Gray, John Edward: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/005870 | Gray, John Edward | nd |
| MM/21/68 | Letter from John Edward Gray to Joseph Hooker | 24 November 1867 |
| IM/001757 | Gray, John Edward | 1851 |
| P/0055 | Portrait of John Edward Gray | 1846 |
| IM/Maull/001755 | Gray, John Edward | nd |
| IM/001754 | Gray, John Edward | nd |
| MS/426/240 | Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to J E [John Edward] Gray Esq | 18 December 1846 |
| MS/426/258 | Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to J E [John Edward] Gray Esq | 15 February 1847 |
| IM/Maull/001756 | Gray, John Edward | nd |
| MM/10/30 | "Notes on Thomas Hardwicke, FRS", by Warren R Dawson | 13 February 1934 |
| RR/6/43 | Referee's report by John Edward Gray, on a paper 'Researches on the structure, physiology, and development of Antedon (comatula, Lamk.) rosaceus. -Part I' by William Benjamin Carpenter | 12 August 1866 |
| M/091 | Gray, John Edward, and Maria E. Gray | 1863 |
| RR/3/90 | Referee's report by John Edward Gray, on a paper 'Some observations on the ova of the salmonidae' by John Davy | 8 November 1856 |
| MC/2 | Volume 2 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1832-1838 |
| MC/2/311 | Letter from John Edward Gray to Dr. Peter Mark Roget, Secretary of the Royal Society | 20 December 1838 |
| MC/3 | Volume 3 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1839-1843 |
| MC/3/234 | Letter from John Edward Gray, British Museum, Dr. [Peter Mark] Roget, [Secretary of the Royal Society] | 18 August 1842 |
| MC/4/20 | Letter from John Edward Gray, [keeper of zoology at the] British Museum, to Dr Peter Mark Roget, [Secretary of the Royal Society] | 2 April 1844 |
| MC/4/238 | Letter from John Edward Gray to [Samuel Hunter] Christie, Secretary of the Royal Society | 2 June 1848 |
| MC/4/233 | Letter from Mr Gyde to [Samuel Hunter] Christie, [Secretary of the Royal Society] | 8 May 1848 |
| MC/4 | Volume 4 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1844-1850 |
| MC/10/12 | Letter from J E [John Edward] Gray, British Museum, to the Royal Society | 13 August 1873 |
| MC/10 | Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | July 1873-1876 |
| AP/41/8 | Unpublished paper, 'On the nature of the action of fired gunpowder' by L [Lynall] Thomas | 1858 |
| AP/41/8/1 | Unpublished manuscript, 'On the nature of the action of fired gunpowder' by L [Lynall] Thomas | 1858 |
| HS/9/122 | Letter, from John E. Gray to Sir John Herschel, dated at British Museum | 29 June 1846 |