John Edward Gray

John Edward Gray FRS
Born	12 February 1800 Walsall, Staffordshire, England
Died	7 March 1875(1875-03-07) (aged 75) London, England
Resting place	St Mary's Church, Lewisham
Known for	Classification of many cetacean species, genera, subfamilies, and families
Spouse	Maria Emma Smith ​ (m. 1826)​
Parent	Samuel Frederick Gray
Relatives	George Robert Gray (brother)
Scientific career
Fields	Zoology
Institutions	British Museum, Natural History Museum
Author abbrev. (botany)	J.E.Gray
Author abbrev. (zoology)	Gray or J. E. Gray
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John Edward Gray FRS (12 February 1800 – 7 March 1875) was a British zoologist. He was the elder brother of zoologist George Robert Gray and son of the pharmacologist and botanist Samuel Frederick Gray (1766–1828). The standard author abbreviation J.E.Gray is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.^[1] The same is used for a zoological name.

Gray was keeper of zoology at the British Museum in London from 1840 until Christmas 1874, before the natural history holdings were split off to the Natural History Museum. He published several catalogues of the museum collections that included comprehensive discussions of animal groups and descriptions of new species. He improved the zoological collections to make them amongst the best in the world.