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John Ray
John Ray (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. Ray rejected the system of dichotomous division, by which species were classified by repeated sub-division into groups according to a pre-conceived series of characteristics they have or have not, and instead classified plants according to similarities and differences that emerged from observation. He was among the first to attempt a biological definition for the concept of ''species'', as "a group of morphologically similar organisms arising from a common ancestor". Another significant contribution to taxonomy was his division of plants into those with two seedling leaves (dicotyledons) or only one (monocotyledons), a division used in taxonomy today. Provided by Wikipedia
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A Collection of curious travels & voyages : to which are added, three catalogues of such trees, shrubs and herbs as grow in the Levant / by John Ray. by Ray, John 1627-1705
Date 1693Collection: StillingfleetCall Number: J.6.9 -
Historia plantarum : in qua agitur primò De plantis in genere, earúmque partibus, accidentibus & differentiis ... / auctore Joanne Raio. by Ray, John, 1627-1705
Date 1686Collection: StearneCall Number: L4.1.11 -
Historia plantarum / auctore Joanne Raio. by Ray, John 1627-1705
Date 1688Collection: StearneCall Number: L4.1.12 -
Historia plantarum / auctore Joanne Raio. by Ray, John 1627-1705
Date 1704Collection: StearneCall Number: L4.1.13 -
Catalogus plantarum circa Cantabrigiam nascentium : in quo exhibentur quotquot hactenus inventae sunt, quae vel sponte proveniunt, vel in agris seruntur; una cum synonymis selectio... by Ray, John 1627-1705
Date 1660Collection: StillingfleetCall Number: O2.6.24 -
Catalogus plantarum Angliae, et insularum adjacentium: tum indigenas, tum in agris pasim cultas complectens / opera Joannos Raii. by Ray, John 1627-1705
Date 1670Collection: StillingfleetCall Number: M2.7.16 -
Observations topographical, moral, & physiological; made in a journey through part of the Low-Countries, Germany, Italy and France ; Catalogus stirpium in exteris regionibus a nobi... by Ray, John 1627-1705
Date 1673Collection: StillingfleetCall Number: J.7.38 -
Collection of English words not generally used : with catalogues of English birds and fishes, with an account of refining / by John Ray. by Ray, John 1627-1705
Date 1674Missing from historic collections -
Dictionarium trilingue ... nominibus Anglicis, Latinis, Graecis, ordine (Parallelos Gr. Chr.) dispositis / by John Ray. by Ray, John 1627-1705
Date 1675Missing from historic collections -
Miscellaneous discourses concerning the dissolution and changes of the world / by John Ray. by Ray, John 1627-1705
Date 1692Missing from historic collections -
Miscellaneous discourses concerning the dissolution and changes of the world : as trhee physico-theological / by John Ray. by Ray, John 1627-1705
Date 1693Missing from historic collections -
A Collection of English proverbs : whereunto are added local proverbs with their explication, old proverbial rhythmes, less known or exotick proverbial sentences, and Scottish prov... by Ray, John 1627-1705
Date 1678Collection: Later AdditionsCall Number: K1.7.7 -
Methodus plantarum nova, brevitatis & perspicuitatis causa synoptice in tabulis exhibita / autore Joanne Raio. by Ray, John 1627-1705
Date 1682Collection: MarshCall Number: J3.5.14 -
The Wisdom of God manifested in the works of the creation : in two parts / by John Ray. by Ray, John 1627-1705
Date 1692Collection: StillingfleetCall Number: P1.5.56 -
Ornithologiae libri tres / recognovit, digessit, supplevit Joannes Raius. by Willughby, Francis, 1635-1672
Date 1676Associated names: “…Ray, John 1627-1705…”Collection: Later Additions
Call Number: O2.2.1 -
The Ornithology of Francis Willughby in three books wherein all the birds ... / translated into English, and enlarged with many additions ... to which are added, three considerable... by Willughby, Francis, 1635-1672
Date 1678Associated names: “…Ray, John 1627-1705…”Collection: Stillingfleet
Call Number: O2.2.33
