John Ray ( 1627 - 1705 )

Birth: Black Notley, near Braintree, Essex, England (29 November 1627) Death: Dewlands, Black Notley (17 January 1705) Burial: Black Notley Profession: Clergyman, Church of England Research Field: Botany, Zoology, Entomology Education: School at Braintree, Essex; St Catharine's College, Cambridge (admitted 1644); Trinity College, Cambridge; BA (1648), MA (1651) Career: Fellow of Trinity (1649); Tutor (1653-1660); Junior Dean (1658-1659); ordained deacon and priest (1660); travelled abroad with Francis Willughby (FRS 1663) (1663-1666); Tutor to Willughby's sons (1672-1676); devoted the rest of his life to his work on natural history; his herbarium passed to the Society of Apothecaries and thence to the British Museum Membership: Fellow Election Date: 7/11/1667 Proposers: John Wilkins.