Author:John Ray

←Author Index: Ra

John Ray
(1627–1705)

sister projects: Wikipedia article, Commons gallery, Commons category, quotes, taxonomy, Wikidata item.

English naturalist,sometimes referred to as the father of English natural history.

Works

Compleat collection of English proverbs (1670) (external scan)
Observations topographical, moral, & physiological, 1673 (external scan)
Collection of Out-of-the-way English Words (1674)
The ornithology of Francis Willughby of Middleton in the county of Warwick, esq. 1678 (external scan)
The Wisdom of God manifested in the Works of the Creation (1691) (external scan)
Miscellaneous Discourses concerning the Dissolution and Changes of the World (1692)
Collection of Curious Travels and Voyages (1693)
Three physico-theological discourses, 1713 (external scan)
Philosophical letters, 1718 (external scan)
A persuasive to a holy life, 1719 (external scan)
Travels through the Low countries, Germany, Italy and France, 1738 (vol 1, previously published as topographical, moral, & physiological, 1673) vol 2
The correspondence of John Ray, 1848 external source

Works about Ray

"Ray, John," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
Vines, Sydney Howard (1913), "Robert Morison 1620—1683 and John Ray 1627—1705" in Oliver, Francis Wall (ed.) Makers of British botany: 8–43.
"Ray, John," in Dictionary of National Biography, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
"Ray, John," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

Works by this author published before January 1, 1924 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

This article is issued from Wikisource. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.