James Gray (zoologist)

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birth_date = 14 October, 1891
birth_place = London
death_date = 14 December, 1975
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nationality = United Kingdom
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field = cytology
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alma_mater = Kings College, Cambridge
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known_for = cytology animal locomotion Gray's Paradox
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Sir James Gray (1891 – 1975) 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. In particular, he's known for the Gray's Paradox on dolphins locomotion.

Gray was born in London and graduated from Kings College, Cambridge, in 1913. After serving in World War I, he returned to Kings College in 1919. Gray was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1931. He was Professor of Zoology, Cambridge University, from 1937 to 1954. Gray received the Royal Medal of the Royal Society in 1948. He gave the 1951 Royal Institution Christmas Lecture ("How Animals Move"). Gray was knighted in 1954.

References

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year=2007|month=Jul.
title=How animals move: studies in the mechanics of the tetrapod skeleton
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first=George V
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year=2004|month=Apr.
title=Three Gray classics on the biomechanics of animal movement
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volume=207
issue=Pt 10
pages=1597-9
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year=1976|month=Jan.
title=Obituary: James Charles Gray
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volume=83
issue=556
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Publications

* A Textbook of Experimental Cytology (1931)

External links

* [http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Gray,+James Brief information]