Robert Morison
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Robert Morison was a Scottish botanist and taxonomist. A forerunner of John Ray, he elucidated and developed the first systematic classification of plants.
A diagram from Morison's 1672 book on Umbelliferae illustrating genus affinities
Historia plantarum universalis oxoniensis, 1715
John Ray
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John Ray was an English Christian naturalist and one of the earliest English parson-naturalists. Until 1670 he wrote his name as John Wray; from then on, he used 'Ray', after "having ascertained that
Robert Morison
…Robert Morison (1620 – 10 November 1683) was a Scottish botanist and taxonomist. A forerunner of John Ray, he elucidated and developed the first systematic classification of plants. Born in Aberdeen, Morison was an outstanding scholar who gained his Master…
John Ray from NPG
Sculpture of Ray by Louis-François Roubiliac, housed at the British Museum
Ray's birthplace in Black Notley, Essex
Blue plaque to John Ray