George Robert Gray

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Chauna sp. South America, from Genera of Birds by GR Gray

George Robert Gray (born July 8, 1808 in Chelsea , † May 6, 1872 in London ) was a British zoologist whose focus was on the study of birds. He was the son of the zoologist Samuel Frederick Gray and brother of John Edward Gray .

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George Robert Gray graduated from Merchant's Taylor School and then focused his studies privately on entomology and ornithology . In 1831 he became an assistant at the Zoological Department of the British Museum in London. In 1842 he became a member of the “ Nomenclator Zoologicus ” commission, together with Louis Jean Rudolphe Agassiz and Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte . In 1866 Gray was inducted into the Royal Society ; He died in London in 1872.

Works (selection)

  • The Entomology of Australia, in a series of Monographs. Part I. The Monograph of the Genus Phasma . London 1833
  • List of the genera of birds . London 1840.
  • Description and Figures of some new Lepidopterous Insects chiefly from Nepal . Brown, Green, and Longmans, London 1846.
  • Handlist of the genera and species of birds . London 1869-72.

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SURNAME Gray, George Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British zoologist whose main focus was the study of birds
DATE OF BIRTH July 8, 1808
PLACE OF BIRTH Chelsea
DATE OF DEATH May 6, 1872
Place of death London