Background
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.
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Frances Calley Gray
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Harvard University.
Career
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.
Membership
Gray was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1820.
