Gray, Jane Loring, 1821-1909

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Jane Loring Gray was born in 1821. In 1847 she became engaged to Asa Gray and they were married on May 4, 1848. Jane accompanied her husband on most of his voyages and chronicled them in her letters to her family. After her husband's death in 1888 she devoted herself to memorializing him; she prepared an edition of Gray's letters and contributed funds toward the establishment of the Asa Gray Professorship.

From the description of Papers of Jane Loring Gray, 183?-189? (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 41078418

Epithet: wife of Asa Gray

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000982.0x000026

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referencedIn Gray, Asa, 1810-1888. Papers of Asa Gray, 1840-1880 (inclusive). Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Gray, Asa, 1810-1888. Papers of Asa Gray, 1840-1880 (inclusive). Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Papers, 1830-1943 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Gray, Asa, 1810-1888. Papers of Asa Gray, 1830-1953 (inclusive), 1830-1888 (bulk). Harvard University, Botany Libraries
referencedIn Gray, Asa, 1810-1888. Papers, 1840-1859 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Vol. VI, ff. 264, F-K.includes:f. 1 William Farr, statistician: Letter to -: 1877. f. 2 Alphonse Favre, botanist: Letter to -,: 1882: Fr. f. 4 William Fawcett, Director of Public Gardens and Plantations, Jamaica: Letter to A. S. Woodward: 1894. f. 6 ... British Library
referencedIn Loring, Charles G. (Charles Greely), 1794-1867. Papers, 1768-1866 Houghton Library
referencedIn Garden Street Garden Club (Cambridge, Mass.). Garden Street Garden Club records, 1879-1897. Cambridge Historical Society
creatorOf Cunningham, John, 1818-1900. Letters to Jane Loring Gray, 1835-1872. Massachusetts Historical Society
creatorOf Gray, Jane Lathrop Loring, 1821-1909. Papers of Jane Loring Gray, 183?-189? (inclusive). Harvard University, Botany Libraries
creatorOf Gray, Jane Lathrop Loring, 1821-1909. Collection of botanists' autographs and biographies, 183-189 (inclusive. Harvard University, Botany Libraries
referencedIn Loring family. Papers, 1830-1943 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Gray, Asa, 1810-1888. Papers, 1840-1859 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Loring family. Loring family correspondence, 1812-1863. Litchfield Historical Society
referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company contracts, 1831-1979 (inclusive) 1880-1940 (bulk). Houghton Library
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associatedWith Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820. person
associatedWith Bartram, John, 1699-1777. person
associatedWith Bentham, George, 1800-1884. person
associatedWith Bigelow, Jacob, 1786-1879. person
associatedWith Bory de Saint-Vincent, M. (Jean Baptiste Geneviève Marcellin), 1778-1846. person
associatedWith Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de, 1778-1841. person
associatedWith Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de, 1781-1832. person
associatedWith Catesby, Mark, 1683-1749. person
associatedWith Correia da Serra, José Francisco, 1750-1823. person
associatedWith Cunningham, John, 1818-1900. person
associatedWith Darlington, William, 1782-1863. person
associatedWith Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. person
associatedWith Endlicher, Stephen Friedrich Landislaus, 1804-1849. person
associatedWith Garden Street Garden Club (Cambridge, Mass.) corporateBody
associatedWith Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. person
associatedWith Gray, Asa, 1810-1888. person
associatedWith Gronovius, Joannes Fredericus, 1668-1762. person
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associatedWith Jacquin, Nikolaus Joseph, Freiherr von, 1727-1817. person
associatedWith Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de, 1744-1829. person
associatedWith Lindley, John, 1799-1865. person
associatedWith Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778. person
associatedWith Loring, Charles G. (Charles Greely), 1794-1867 person
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correspondedWith Loring family. family
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associatedWith Nuttal, Thomas, 1786-1859. person
associatedWith Richenbach, H. G. Ludwig (Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig), 1793-1879. person
associatedWith Solander, Daniel Charles, 1732-1782. person
associatedWith Thunberg, Carl Peter, 1743-1828. person
associatedWith Torrey, John, 1796-1873. person
associatedWith Vahl, M. (Martin), 1744-1804. person
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Botanists
Plants
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Birth 1821

Death 1909

Spanish; Castilian,

French,

English

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