Samuel Frederick Gray

Samuel Frederick Gray, about 1800.

Samuel Frederick Gray (born December 10, 1766 in London , † April 2, 1828 in Chelsea (London) ) was a British botanist , zoologist and pharmacologist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Gray ".

Gray worked as a pharmacologist in Walsall from 1797 to 1800 . He later moved to London to teach botany . Among other things, he wrote extensive works on mussels and medicines .

He was the father of two great natural scientists : John Edward Gray (1800–1875) and George Robert Gray (1808–1872).

Works

• A supplement to the pharmacopoeias. Underwoods, Longman & Rees, London 1818–47 (posthumous)
  • A new and improved Ed. Underwood, London 1821 Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf
  • 3rd ed. Underwood, London 1824 Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf
  • 5th ed. Underwood, London 1831 Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf
• A natural arrangement of British plants. Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, London 1821 (2 vol.)
• The elements of pharmacy and of the chemical history of the materia medica. London 1823
• The operative chemist. Hurst & Chance, London 1828–31 (posthumous)
• Traité pratique de chimie appliquée aux arts et manufactures, a l'hygiène et a l'économie domestique. Anselin, Paris 1828/29 (posthumous)
• The chemistry of the arts. Carey & Lea, Philadelphia 1830 (posthumous)

Web links

Commons : Samuel Frederick Gray  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Author entry and list of the described plant names for Samuel Frederick Gray at the IPNI