Asa Gray
Asa Gray (November 18, 1810 – January 30, 1888) is considered the most important American botanist of the 19th century. His ''Darwiniana'' was considered an important explanation of how religion and science were not necessarily mutually exclusive. Gray was adamant that a genetic connection must exist between all members of a species. He was also strongly opposed to the ideas of hybridization within one generation and special creation in the sense of its not allowing for evolution. He was a strong supporter of Darwin, although Gray's theistic evolution was guided by a Creator.As a professor of botany at Harvard University for several decades, Gray regularly visited, and corresponded with, many of the leading natural scientists of the era, including Charles Darwin, who held great regard for him. Gray made several trips to Europe to collaborate with leading European scientists of the era, as well as trips to the southern and western United States. He also built an extensive network of specimen collectors.
A prolific writer, he was instrumental in unifying the taxonomic knowledge of the plants of North America. Of Gray's many works on botany, the most popular was his ''Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States, from New England to Wisconsin and South to Ohio and Pennsylvania Inclusive'', known today simply as ''Gray's Manual''. Gray was the sole author of the first five editions of the book and co-author of the sixth, with botanical illustrations by Isaac Sprague. Further editions have been published, and it remains a standard in the field. Gray also worked extensively on a phenomenon that is now called the "Asa Gray disjunction", namely, the surprising morphological similarities between many eastern Asian and eastern North American plants. Several structures, geographic features, and plants have been named after Gray.
In 1848, Gray was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society. Provided by Wikipedia
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6by Christina A. Kellogg, Dawn B. Goldsmith, Michael A. GrayGet access
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9by D. Jardine, Timothy, A. Gray, Michelle, M. McWilliam, Sherisse, A. Cunjak, RichardGet access
Published in Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (2005)
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11by Michelle A. Gray, R. Allen Curry, Tim J. Arciszewski, Kelly R. Munkittrick, Sandra M. BrasfieldGet access
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12by Michelle A. Gray, R. Allen Curry, Tim J. Arciszewski, Kelly R. Munkittrick, Sandra M. BrasfieldGet access
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13by Michael D. King, Steven Platnick, Ping Yang, G. Thomas Arnold, Mark A. Gray, Jérôme C. Riedi, Steven A. Ackerman, Kuo-nan LiouGet access
Published 2003
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14by Ibne Karim M Ali, Rashidul Haque, Abdullah Siddique, Mamun Kabir, Nicholas E Sherman, Sean A Gray, Gerard A Cangelosi, William A PetriGet access
Published in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases (2012)
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15by Jiho Kim, Jenn Davis, Jinhee Lee, Sang-Nae Cho, Kiyoung Yang, Jaekyoon Yang, Sungmin Bae, Joohee Son, Boyoung Kim, Dale Whittington, Afzal A. Siddiqui, Darrick Carter, Sean A. GrayGet access
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16by Ivor Williams, Coral Reef Ecosystem Program, Paula Ayotte, Kaylyn McCoy, Adel Heenan, Jill Zamzow, A. Heenan, P. Ayotte, A. Gray, K. Lino, K. McCoy, J. Zamzow, I. Williams, J. Asher, K. GorospeGet access
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17by Ivor Williams, Coral Reef Ecosystem Program, Paula Ayotte, Kaylyn McCoy, Adel Heenan, Jill Zamzow, A. Heenan, P. Ayotte, A. Gray, K. Lino, K. McCoy, J. Zamzow, I. Williams, J. Asher, K. GorospeGet access
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20by 82 V. Leiffers, J. CampbellContributors: “...(Linnaeus) A. Gray...”
Published 1981
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