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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John Edward Gray canonical 48

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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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Cervidae → describedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ
Bovidae → describedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ
Hominidae → describedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ
John Edward Gray → name → John Edward Gray self-link ⓘ
Alectura lathami → binomialAuthority → John Edward Gray ⓘ
Antilocapridae → namedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ
Camelidae → namedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ
black-tailed jackrabbit → describedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ
Yangtze river dolphin (baiji) → namedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ
subject surface form: Yangtze river dolphin
Felidae → describedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ
Pteropodidae → firstDescribedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ
Petauridae → namedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ
Rhinocerotidae → describedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ
Ceratotherium → describedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ
Onychogalea → describedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ
Thylogale → describedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ
Thylogale → namedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ
Vombatidae → firstDescribedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ
Ailuridae → describedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ
Viverridae → describedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ
Heloderma → firstDescribedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ
Herpestidae → describedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ
Aplodontiidae → namedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ
Ratufa → firstDescriptionBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ
Ratufa → taxonAuthor → John Edward Gray ⓘ
Petaurista → firstDescribedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ
Rhinosciurus → firstDescribedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ
Rhinosciurus → taxonAuthor → John Edward Gray ⓘ
Atelidae → firstDescribedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ
George Robert Gray → relative → John Edward Gray ⓘ
George Robert Gray → sibling → John Edward Gray ⓘ
Cheloniidae → describedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ
Gyps himalayensis → describedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ
Tapiridae → namedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ
Lasiorhinus → describedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ
Eubalaena → namedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ
Eubalaena → taxonAuthor → John Edward Gray ⓘ
Lagenorhynchus → describedByTaxonomist → John Edward Gray ⓘ
Lagenorhynchus → namedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ
Hydrurga → describedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ
Hydrurga → namedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ
Leptonychotes → firstDescribedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ
Chelydridae → firstDescribedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ
Caviidae → namedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ
Taurotragus → firstDescribedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ
Cephalophus dorsalis → describedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ
Connochaetes → describedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ
Redunca → firstDescribedBy → John Edward Gray ⓘ