Gray Street in Boston is named after three famous
biologists.
Take your pick:
1.
Asa Gray
(1810-1888) was considered America’s top botanist in
the mid-19th century and he fully supported Darwin’s theories. Gray is
known for publishing
his observations and ideas in Flora of
North America
and Darwiniana.
2. George Robert Gray (1808-1872) was an English
zoologist. He was
known for writing Genera
of Birds and he was the head of ornithological
(zoology specifically concerning birds) part of the British Museum for
forty-one years.
3. John Edward Gray (1800-1875) was a British
zoologist. He was the
Keeper of Zoology at the British Museum in London and
developed the
zoological collections there.
Location: 42.34585, -71.07046
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