Francis Calley Gray

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Francis Calley Gray

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Death: December 29, 1856 (66)
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Son of Hon. William Rufus Gray and Elizabeth Gray
Brother of John Chipman Gray; Horace Gray and William Rufus Gray

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About Francis Calley Gray

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Calley_Gray

Francis Calley Gray (September 19, 1790 – December 29, 1856) was a politician from Massachusetts. The son of Elizabeth and William Gray, he graduated Harvard University (1809) and went on to be John Quincy Adams's private secretary, a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and president of the Boston Athenæum. Gray was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1819, and a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1820.When he died, he left many gifts to Harvard, including his collection of 3,000 engravings and $50,000 (equivalent to $1,316,852 today) to be put towards a museum of comparative zoology.[

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Francis Calley Gray's Timeline

1790
September 19, 1790
1856
December 29, 1856
Age 66