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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1852 Excerpt: ... MEMOIR OF RAY. The individual of whose life it is proposed to give some account, occupied a distinguished place among the eminent men of the seventeenth century, and contributed materially by his genius and writings to give an impulse to the age in which he lived. He carried his investigations into many of the most important departments of natural science, and, by means of his accurate observation, faithful description, and philosophical talents, placed them on a foundation from which they have been raised to their present state of advancement. These qualities, combined with learning of the first order, and an integrity of life seldom equalled, justly entitle him to the grateful remembrance of his countrymen; and the appellations of " Father of Natural History," "Aristotle of England," and the "Linnaeus of his time," which some of them have bestowed on him, sufficiently evince the high sense that has been entertained of his merits. John Ray was born on the 29th November 1628, at a place named Black Notley, in Essex. Although the name of his family was Ray, he continued all the time he attended the university to write it Wray, a form in which it accordingly appears in the college registers, and in some of his earliest publications. This alteration was soon however abandoned, and he confesses himself to have adopted u inconsiderately, and contrary to the usage of his forefathers. His parents were of humble condition, but they were enabled to provide for the liberal education of their son. His early studies were pursued at the grammar school of Braintree, which was not far distant from the place of his birth. In his maturer years he used to lament that so much of his time had been spent there unprofitably, owing to the imperfect mode of education pursued--a co...
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