| Authorised form of name | Ray; John (1627 - 1705) |
| Other forms of surname | Wray |
| Dates | 1627 - 1705 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Black Notley, near Braintree, Essex, England |
| Date of birth | 29 November 1627 |
| Place of death | Dewlands, Black Notley |
| Date of death | 17 January 1705 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Black Notley |
| Occupation | Clergyman, Church of England |
| Research field | Botany |
| Zoology |
| Entomology |
| Activity | Education:
School at Braintree, Essex; St Catharine's College, Cambridge (admitted 1644); Trinity College, Cambridge; BA (1648), MA (1651)
Career:
Fellow of Trinity (1649); Tutor (1653-1660); Junior Dean (1658-1659); ordained deacon and priest (1660); travelled abroad with Francis Willughby (FRS 1663) (1663-1666); Tutor to Willughby's sons (1672-1676); devoted the rest of his life to his work on natural history; his herbarium passed to the Society of Apothecaries and thence to the British Museum
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 07/11/1667 |
| Proposer | John Wilkins |
| Relationships | Used the spelling Wray until 1670. Son of Roger Ray, Blacksmith, and Elizabeth, a herbalist; married Margaret Oakeley (1673) |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Venn; Hunter
References:
W H G Armytage, 'The Royal Society and the Apothecaries' in NR 1954-55 vol 11 pp 22-37
Jean Jacquot, 'Sir Hans Sloane and French Men of Science' in NR 1953 vol 10 pp 85-98
E N da C Andrade, 'The Birth and Early Days of the Philosophical Transactions' in NR 1965 vol 20 pp 9-27
William T Stearn, 'The Wilkins Lecture, 1985. John Wilkins, John Ray and Carl Linnaeus' in NR 1985-86 vol 40 pp 101-123
Charles A Rivington, 'Addendum. Early Printers to the Royal Society, 1663-1708' in NR 1985-86 vol 40 pp 219-220
G C R Morris, 'On the Identity of Jaques du Moulin, FRS 1667' in NR 1991 vol 45 pp 1-10
Sir Alan Cook, 'In this Issue' in NR 2000 vol 54 pp 1-3
Brian J Ford, 'Shining through the centuries: John Ray's life and legacy. A report of the meeting "John Ray and his successors"' in NR 2000 vol 54 pp 5-22
John Hedley Brooke, 'Wise men nowadays think otherwise': John Ray, natural theology and the meanings of anthropocentrism' in NR 2000 vol 54 pp 199-213
Sachiko Kusukawa, 'The Historia Piscium (1686)' in NR 2000 vol 54 pp 179-197
Susan McMahon, 'John Ray (1627-1705) and the Act of Uniformity 1662' in NR 2000 vol 54 pp 153-178
R Lewis, 'The publication of John Wilkins's Essay (1668): some contextual considerations' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp133-146
L B Glyn, 'Israel Lyons: a short but starry career. The life of an eighteenth-century Jewish botanist and astronomer' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 275-305
N J W Thrower, 'Samuel Pepys FRS (1633-1733) and The Royal Society' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 3-13
A Cook, 'Two Anniversaries' in NR 2003 vol 57 p 133
A Cook, 'Rome and the Royal Society, 1660-1740' in NR 2004 vol 58 pp 3-19
L Jardine, 'The 2003 Wilkins Lecture: Dr Wilkins's boy wonders' in NR 2004 vol 58 pp 107-129
Michael Hunter, 'John Ray in Italy: Lost Manuscripts rediscovered' in NR 2014 vol 68 no. 2 pp 93-109
Hannah Barnett - 'the Life and Times of John Ray', in 'Essex Life, 13 Feb 2015 online article http://www.essexlifemag.co.uk/people/the_life_and_times_of_john_ray_1627_1705_1_3955387
Notes:
Venn gives date of death as 17 January 1705/6 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/29584945 |
| Code | NA8403 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/003756 | Ray, John | 01 January 2001 |
| IM/005001 | Ray, John | nd |
| RBO/7/96 | Account of the botanical specimen 'Amomum' or 'Fugus' sent by George Camelli at the Philippines to John Ray | nd |
| RBO/4/22 | 'Experiments concerning the Motion of the sap in Trees made this Spring 1669' by Francis Willughby and John Ray | 1669 |
| RBO/8/63 | A further account of Nuce vomica from Father Camelli to John Ray and James Petiver | 1699 |
| RBO/4/57 | 'Of the Seeds of Plants' by John Ray | 1674 |
| RBO/4/58 | 'Of the specifick Differences of Plants' by John Ray | 17 December 1674 |
| CLP/22i/26 | Paper, Account of 'Historia Plantarum Species... [History of plant species...]' by [John] Ray | [1686] |
| LBO/5/3 | Copy letter from Henry Oldenburg, London, to John Ray | 11 October 1671 |
| LBO/10/24 | Copy letter from John Ray, Black Notley, to Tancred Robinson | 1 April 1685 |
| MC/1/290 | Letter from Thomas Coates, [Secretary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 59 Lincolns Inn Fields, to Dr. [Peter Mark] Roget, Secretary of the Royal Society | 16 March 1831 |
| EL/R1/11 | Letter, from John Ray [to the Royal Society] | nd |
| CLP/12i/65 | Paper, 'In corpore dissecto Patavii a Marchetti observata' by John Ray | December 1663 |
| CLP/10i/35 | Letter, 'A description and figure of the true amomum or tugus' Reverend George Camelli [Georg Joseph Kamel] to John Ray and James Petiver | [1698] |
| CLP/10i/23 | List, 'Additions to Ray's catalogue of North Wales plants' by Lloyd | [1686] |
| RBO/4/17 | 'Some Observations Concerning the odd Turn of some Shell-snailes, and the Darting of Spiders' | 1670 |
| CLP/11i/10 | Paper, 'Menstruum to dissolve glass' by Mr Wray [John Ray] | [1671] |
| CLP/10i/24 | Paper, account of Halley's catalogue of plants found in North Wales by Dr [Tancred?] Robinson | [1685] |
| MC/1 | Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1800-1831 |
| EL/R1/15 | Letter, from John Ray to Henry Oldenburg | 19 September 1674 |
| EL/R1/19 | Letter, from John Ray to Tancred Robinson, dated at Black Notley | 21 August 1693 |
| EL/R1/10 | Letter, from John Ray [to the Royal Society] | nd |
| EL/R1/16 | Letter, from John Ray to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Middleton | 30 November 1674 |
| EL/R1/12 | Letter, from John Ray to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Middleton | 8 February 1671 |
| EL/R1/17 | Letter, from John Ray to Henry Oldenburg | 6 June 1675 |
| EL/O2/56 | Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to John Ray, dated at London | 11 October 1671 |
| EL/R1/13 | Letter, from John Ray to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Middleton | 3 July 1671 |
| EL/R1/14 | Letter, from John Ray to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Middleton | 12 September 1671 |
| CLP/10i/12 | Paper, 'Experiments concerning the motion of the sap in trees made this spring' by Francis Willughby and Mr [John] Wray [Ray] | [1669] |
| EL/S1/28 | Extract of a letter, from Philip Skippon to John Ray, dated at London | 1662 |
| RBO/6/94 | 'The Catalogue of Plants, which Mr Halley put into my hands, found in North Wales and said to have been unobserv'd before in this Island' by Dr Robinson | nd |
| CLP/10i/16 | Paper, 'Of the seeds of plants' by John Ray | [1674] |
| EL/R1/18 | Letter, from John Ray to Richard Waller, dated at Black Notley | 19 May 1691 |
| CLP/10i/36 | Letter, 'A further and more exact account of the same' by Reverend George Camelli [Georg Joseph Kamel] to John Ray and James Petiver | [1690s] |