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John Ray

1627 - 1705

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John Ray FRS (29 November 1627 – 17 January 1705) was an English Christian naturalist and one of the earliest English parson-naturalists. Until 1670 he wrote his name as John Wray; from then on, he used 'Ray', after "having ascertained that such had been the practice of his family before him". He published important works in the fields of botany, zoology and natural theology. His classification of plants in his Historia Plantarum was an important step towards modern taxonomy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Ray is the 172nd most popular biologist (down from 138th in 2019), the 967th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 812th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular British Biologist.

John Ray was an English naturalist who wrote about the natural world and the classification of plants and animals.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, John Ray ranks 172 out of 1,097. Before him are Louis Agassiz, Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber, Leland H. Hartwell, William Bateson, Mathurin Jacques Brisson, and Joseph Dalton Hooker. After him are Norman Borlaug, Adolf Engler, George Robert Gray, Dmitri Ivanovsky, Alexander Agassiz, and Adam Afzelius.

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Among people born in 1627, John Ray ranks 6. Before him are Robert Boyle, Turhan Hatice Sultan, Shivaji, Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, and Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier. After him are Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten, Aşub Sultan, Landgravine Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel, Willem van Aelst, Petro Doroshenko, and Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau. Among people deceased in 1705, John Ray ranks 9. Before him are Emeric Thököly, Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, Luca Giordano, Ninon de l'Enclos, Philipp Spener, and Catherine of Braganza. After him are George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Madame d'Aulnoy, Pierre Beauchamp, Princess Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Guillaume Amontons, and Bada Shanren.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Ray ranks 967 out of 8,785. Before him are Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (1891), Edmund Spenser (1552), Jessica Tandy (1909), Brenda Blethyn (1946), Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817), and Robert FitzRoy (1805). After him are Leonora Carrington (1917), James Hadley Chase (1906), Kim Cattrall (1956), John Dryden (1631), Richard Stone (1913), and Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony (1156).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, John Ray ranks 32. Before him are Oliver Smithies (1925), Martin Evans (1941), Charles Scott Sherrington (1952), Henry Walter Bates (1825), William Bateson (1861), and Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817). After him are George Robert Gray (1808), Anna Atkins (1799), Julian Huxley (1887), Joseph Banks (1743), William Carey (1761), and Oldfield Thomas (1858).

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