William T. Stearn
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William Thomas Stearn was a British botanist. Born in Cambridge in 1911, he was largely self-educated and developed an early interest in books and natural history. His initial work experience was at a
W. T. Stearn, 1974
Springfield Road, Cambridge, looking north. No. 37 is the last house on the left.
Cambridge High School for Boys 1900
1 Trinity Street, Site of Bowes & Bowes, now Cambridge University Press
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
William T. Stearn
…wrote a number of histories of the organisations he worked with as well as a number of introductions and commentaries on classic botanical texts such as John Ray's Synopsis methodica stirpium Britannicarum (1691), together with historical introductions to reference books, including Desmond's Dictionary of British…
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