| Authorised form of name | Gray; Edward Whitaker (1748 - 1806) |
| Dates | 1748 - 1806 |
| Date of birth | 1748 |
| Place of death | British Museum, London |
| Date of death | 27 December 1806 |
| Activity | Education:
MD (1778, King's College, Aberdeen)
Career:
Librarian, College of Physicians; Keeper of the departments of Natural History and of Antiquities, British Museum
|
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 11/02/1779 |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
Sec 1797-1806
Lectures:
Croonian 1785 and 1786 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Notes:
Extra-Licentiate College of Physicians (1773) |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/4785965 |
| Code | NA7238 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| P/0054 | Portrait of Gray, Edward Whitaker | c 1800 |
| NLB/6/740 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Mr W Dyer, 8 Orchard Street, Portman Square, W. | 6 July 1892 |
| NLB/6/728 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to G H Wallis | 4 July 1892 |
| MS/391/190 | Bond of Edward Whitaker Gray to the Treasurer of the Royal Society | 4 March 1779 |
| L&P/10/148 | Paper, 'Account of the earthquake felt in various parts of England 18 November 1795' by Edward Whitaker Gray | 1796 |
| L&P/9/11 | Paper, 'Effects of different kinds of salts applied at stimulants on the muscles [Croonian Lecture, 1786]' by Edward Whitaker Gray | 1786 |
| L&P/8/158 | Paper, 'On Haller's theory of muscular motion [Croonian Lecture for 1785]' by Edward Whitaker Gray | 1785 |
| L&P/9/75 | Paper, 'Observations on the manner in which glass is charged and discharged with electric fluid' by Edward Whitaker Gray | 1788 |
| IM/001750 | Gray, Edward Whitaker | nd |
| EC/1778/22 | Gray, Edward Whitaker: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/1/202 | Letter from Edward Hawkins, [Keeper of Antiquities at the] British Museum, to [Davies Gilbert] President of the Royal Society and to the Council | 3 March 1830 |
| MC/1 | Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1800-1831 |
| L&P/9/107 | Paper, 'Observations on the class of animals called by Linnaeus, amphibia; particularly on the means of distinguishing those serpents which are venomous from those which are not so' by Edward Whitaker Gray | 1788 |