Person Ray; John (1627 - 1705) Ray John Wray 1627 - 1705 British Male Black Notley, near Braintree, Essex, England 29 November 1627 Dewlands, Black Notley 17 January 1705 Burial: Black Notley

Middleton Hall, Warwickshire

Clergyman, Church of England Botany Zoology Entomology 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 Used the spelling Wray until 1670. Son of Roger Ray, Blacksmith, and Elizabeth, a herbalist; married Margaret Oakeley (1673) Fellow 07/11/1667 John Wilkins 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 ©The Royal Society International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Ray%2C+John https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-19072 29 Nov 1627 - 17 Jan 1705 NA8403 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/29584945 bafbfafb-b83d-4e99-b322-98b19abeab03