John Ray
1627-1705
British Botanist and Zoologist
Afounding figure in British botany and zoology, John Ray made extensive classifications of flowering and nonflowering plants and laid the groundwork f...
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Ray, John (1627-1705)
English naturalist
A predecessor of Carl Linnaeus, John Ray was the first naturalist to use the idea of species to distinguish different organisms from each other. Focusing prima...
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The English naturalist John Ray (1627-1705) was an early botanical and zoological systematist who divided plants into monocotyledons and dicotyledons.John Ray was born on Nov. 29, 1627, at Black Notle...
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A predecessor of Carl Linnaeus, John Ray was the first naturalist to use the idea of species to distinguish different organisms from each other. Focusing primarily on the classification of plants and ...
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