> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 350](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33258828) of TL-2 Suppl. VIII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/3355-1) LSID 3355-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q191963) QID Q191963 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Gray, John Edward|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Gray, John Edward (1800-1875), British algologist, hepaticologist and zoologist, born 12 Feb 1800 in Walsall (Staffs.), son of Samuel Frederick Gray (1766-1828) (pharmacologist and botanist) and brother of George Robert Gray (1808-1872) (ornithologist), studied medicine but abandoned it for zoology, from 1824 asst. Zoology Dept. and from 1840 Keeper of Zoology, BMNH, F.R.S. 1832, president, Bot. Soc. London 1836-1857, Dr. h.c. 1852 Univ. of Munich, F.L.S. 1857, president, Royal Entomol. Soc. London 1858-1859, died 7 Mar 1875 "at his residence in the British Museum" \[i.e. London\] (buried in Lewisham). **Abbreviated name**: *J.E. Gray* \[standard form in IPNI: *J.E.Gray*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]] (Alg.), [[Collection WAR|WAR]]. – Mss. at [[Collection BM|BM]] (see Gunther, A.E., Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist) 6(6): 199-244. 1980) and the Amer. Philos. Soc. (ca. 500 items). #### Bibliography and biography ADB(2) 1: 470; APN p. 240; Baillon 2: 739; Barnhart 2: 78; BB p. 129; BM 2: 712-714, 6: 393-394; BN p. 174; Bossert p. 151; CSP 2: 998-1012, 7: 819-829, 10: 49-50, 12: 290; Desmond p. 264, ed. 2: 292; De Toni 1: lii, 4: xxv; DNB 23: 437-439. 2004; Ewan Pap. p. 82; IH 2: 237; Jackson p. 135, 242; Kelly p. 92; Kent p. 57, ed. 2: 153; Kew 2: 468-469; LS 10.328; Nordstedt p. 16; Portr. 3: 501; PR ed. 2: 3533-3534; Quenstedt p. 171; Rehder 5(index): 338; TL-2/1: 993-994, 2/5: 1031 (index). #### Biofile - Anon., Catalogue of the first portion of the scientific library of Dr. John Edward Gray... which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby... 1874 (n.v.); Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 15: 281-285. 1875; Gard. Chron. 3: 334-335. 1875; J. Bot. 13: 127. 1875; Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1874/5: xliii-xlvii. 1875; Dr. John Edward Gray, F.R.S. \[London (Watson and Hazell)\]: \[1\]-15. (s.d.) \[1875?\] \[Excerpts from the "Athenaeum", "Gardeners' Chronicle", "Field", "Queen" and "Academy"\]; Trans. Proc. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 12: 409-410. 1876. - Adler, K., 1989. Contr. hist. Herpetology: 156. - Babington, C.C., 1897. Memorials: lxxiii. - Barber, L., 1980. The heyday of natural history 1820-1870: 317. (index) - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., 1980. Nat. hist. manuscript resources British Isles: 405. (index) - Brunet, J.-Ch., 1861 \[1966 reprint\]. Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres 2: 1718-1719. - Carpenter, M.M., 1953. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 50: 292. - Engelmann, W., 1846. Bibl. Hist. Nat.: 682. (index) - Gibson, J.A. & E.C. Nelson, 2001. Cumulative index Archives Nat. Hist.: 59. - Gilbert, P., 1977. A compendium of the biographical literature on deceased entomologists: 148. - Gunther, A.E., 1974. J. Soc. Bibl. Nat. Hist. 7: 35-76. (handwr., portr., excerpts from Gray's autobiogr. mss.) - Gunther, A.E., 1975. A century of zoology at the Brit. Mus.... 1815-1914, \[London\] (Dawsons of Pall Mall): 524. (index) (portrs.) - Gunther, A.E., 1979. Notes & Rec. Roy. Soc. London 34: 53-63. \[Gray-Darwin corr.\] - Gunther, A.E. (ed.), 1980. Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) 6(6): 199-244. \[on J.E. Gray's autobiogr. mss.\] - Gunther, A.E., 1980. The founders of science at the British Museum 1753-1900, Halesworth (The Halesworth Press): 65-74. (n.v.) - \[Lankester, E.R.\], 1904. History colls. natural hist. depts. British Museum 1: 37. - Milner, J.D., 1906. Cat. Portr. Kew: 52. - Newman, E., 1875. Zoologist, ser. 2, 10: 4466-4468. - Saunders, J. (ed.), 1872 \[i.e. 1875\]. List of the books, memoirs and miscellaneous papers by Dr. John Edward Gray, F.R.S. With a few historical notes. Privately published: 58 p. (bibl., 1096 items) \[*Copies*: BM, HH, US\] - Stearn, W.T., 1981. Nat. Hist. Mus. S. Kensington: 403. (index) - Wittrock, V.B., 1903. Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 93; 1905. Id. 3(5): 78. - Woodward, B.B., 1904. Hist. Coll. Nat. Hist. Depts. Brit. Mus. 1: 37. - Woodward, B.B., 1907. Hist. Geol. Soc. London: 329. - Wright, A.H., 1949. Herpetologica 5, Suppl. 1: 22. - Wynne, O.E., 1969. Biogr. key-names birds of the world: 82. #### Composite works - (1) Scientific editor, *The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany and Geology*, Vol. 1 (ser. 3)-Vol. 15 (ser. 4) (1858-1875). - (2) Scientific editor of Wm. Smith, *List Brit. Diat.*... 1859 (see TL-2/5, nr. 12.306, where no mention is made of Gray's role). - (3) Editor of R.A. Salisbury, *Gen. pl.*... 1866 (TL-2/5, nr. 10.122). ### Publications ##### n.37.036. Handbook **Title** *Handbook* of *British water-weeds*, or *Algae*... London (R. Hardwicke, Piccadilly) 1864. Duod. **Notes** *Co-author* (Diatomaceae, p. 75-116): Carruthers, William (1830-1922), see TL-2/1: 460-461, Suppl. 3: 426-430 and IH 2: 117. *Publ*.: 1864, p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-123. *Copies*: BM, FH (n.v.), G, K(2) (n.v.), LC (n.v.), NY (n.v.), WU. *Ref*.: W.C\[arruthers?\]., J. Bot. 3: 222-223. 1 Jul 1865 (rev.). ##### n.37.037. Codiophyllum **Title** On *Codiophyllum*, a new genus of unicellular green algae from Port Natal... (from journal) 1872. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Aug 1872, p. 139-141. *Copy*: BM. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 4, 10: 139-141. 1872.