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The definitive study is the biography by Charles E. Raven, John Ray, Naturalist, 2nd ed. (1950, reissued 1986). Richard S. Westfall, Science and Religion in Seventeenth-Century England (1958, reissued 1973), examines the intellectual background to his thought.
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| Anniversary information added. | Jan 13, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Nov 25, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 03, 2024 | ||
| Added new Web site: Strange Science - Biography of John Ray. | Apr 16, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Science - Biography of John Ray. | Feb 08, 2009 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Nov 13, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Qardinalinfo - Biography of John Ray. | Apr 24, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: University of California Museum of Paleontology - Biography of John Ray. | Jun 27, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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