John Edward Gray

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British scientist human taxonomist zoologist

John Edward Gray was a 19th-century British zoologist and taxonomist known for his extensive work classifying mammals, reptiles, and other animal groups while working at the British Museum.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British scientist ⓘ human ⓘ taxonomist ⓘ zoologist ⓘ
areaOfInfluence	Europe ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
centuryOfActivity	19th century ⓘ
contributedTo	biological nomenclature ⓘ museum cataloguing practices ⓘ systematic zoology ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Great Britain ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
employer	British Museum ⓘ Natural History Museum, London ⓘ surface form: British Museum (Natural History)
familyName	Gray ⓘ
fieldOfWork	herpetology ⓘ mammalogy ⓘ taxonomy ⓘ zoology ⓘ
givenName	John ⓘ
hasNotableRole	major 19th-century British zoologist ⓘ pioneer in animal classification at the British Museum ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	British scientific community ⓘ
middleName	Edward ⓘ
name	John Edward Gray self-link ⓘ
notableFor	19th-century zoological classification ⓘ describing numerous new animal species ⓘ developing systematic catalogues of animal groups ⓘ
notableWork	catalogues of the British Museum zoological collections ⓘ classification of amphibians ⓘ classification of mammals ⓘ classification of molluscs ⓘ classification of reptiles ⓘ
occupation	taxonomist ⓘ zoologist ⓘ
positionHeld	Keeper of Zoology at the British Museum ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
studied	amphibians ⓘ mammals ⓘ molluscs ⓘ other animal groups ⓘ reptiles ⓘ
workLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London

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Alectura lathami → binomialAuthority → John Edward Gray ⓘ

Bovidae → describedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ

Cervidae → describedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ

Hominidae → describedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ

black-tailed jackrabbit → describedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ

John Edward Gray → name → John Edward Gray self-link ⓘ

Antilocapridae → namedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ

Camelidae → namedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ

Yangtze river dolphin (baiji) → namedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ

subject surface form: Yangtze river dolphin