James Gray (zoologist)
| James Gray | |
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| Born | October 14, 1891 Wood Green, London, England |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Fields | Cytology |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
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Sir James Gray, MC CBE FRS[2] (14 Oct 1891, London - 14 Dec 1975, Cambridge, England) was a British zoologist who helped establish the field of cytology. Gray was also known for his work in animal locomotion and the development of experimental zoology. He is known for Gray's Paradox concerning dolphin locomotion.[3][4][5][6]
Career and research
Gray was born in London and graduated from King's College, Cambridge, in 1913. After serving in World War I, he returned to King's College in 1919. He was Professor of Zoology, Cambridge University, from 1937 to 1954, and President of the Marine Biological Association from 1945 to 1955.[7]
Awards and honours
Gray delivered the Croonian Lecture of 1939 to the Royal Society and received their Royal Medal in 1948. He gave the 1951 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (How Animals Move). Gray was knighted in 1954 and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1931.[2]
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| Preceded by | Fullerian Professor of Physiology 1944 – 1947 |
Succeeded by Edward James Salisbury |
- Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB
- 1891 births
- 1975 deaths
- British zoologists
- Fellows of the Royal Society
- Fullerian Professors of Physiology
- People from London
- Royal Medal winners
- Knights Bachelor
- People from Wood Green
- Alumni of King's College, Cambridge
- Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- Academics of the University of Cambridge
