John Gray ( - 1769 )

Death: 17 July 1769 Burial: Petersham, Richmond upon Thames, Greater London [formerly Surrey], England United Kingdom Profession: Mathematician; teacher; plantation and slave owner; merchant Research field: Mathematics; gunnery; botany; meteorology; astronomy Career: Taught mathematics at Marischal College (later part of University of Aberdeen); Navy Office (c 1731); collaborated with Andrew Reid on a four-part abridgment of the Royal Society’s Philosophical Transactions (1720-1732); went to Caratgena [Colombia] (c 1733), probably as a factor for the South Sea Company; whilst in Cartagena made scientific observations including astronomical and meteorological which he communicated to the Royal Society (c 1736-1739); worked with William Guthrie on a 12 vol. 'General History of the World, from the Creation to the Present Time' (1764-1767); Rector of Marischal College, University of Aberdeen (1765); owner of Gray's Inn Castle plantation, St George, Jamaica (1768-1769); left Univeristy of Aberdeen an endowment for two mathematics bursaries Membership: Fellow Election Date: 16/03/1732.