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Emma Gray Biography & Facts
Maria Emma Gray (1787–9 December 1876), was an English conchologist, algologist and scientific illustrator. Family Her father was Lieutenant Henry Smith, R.N., and he was resident at Greenwich Hospital at the time of her birth. Life Gray was born in 1787 at Greenwich Hospital. She married in 1810 Francis Edward Gray, who died four years later, and had by him two daughters, who survived her. Both daughters, Emma Juliana Gray Smith and Sophia Elizabeth Gray Stokes, were also scientific illustrators. In 1826 she married his second cousin, John Edward Gray. She greatly assisted her second husband in his scientific work, especially by her drawings. Between 1842 and 1874 she published privately five volumes of etchings, entitled Figures of Molluscan Animals for the use of Students, and she mounted and arranged most of the Cuming collection of shells in the British Museum. She also made a study of algae, arranging many sets for presentation to schools throughout the country so as to encourage the pursuit of this subject. She worked at both the herbaria at Kew as well as at the British Museum curating algae specimens. Her own collection was bequeathed to the Cambridge University Museum. Her assistance in this branch of her husband's studies was commemorated by him in 1866 in the algae genus Grayemma. Similarly, he named two species of lizards in her honor: Calotes maria and Calotes emma. He also named the species Scapha maria-emma, now known as Cymbiola mariaemma, after her. He went on to have a bronze medallion struck in 1863, bearing both their portraits, a copy of which is in the possession of the Linnean Society. Gray survived her husband by a year, dying on 9 December 1876. Gallery References This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: George Simonds, Boulger (1890). "Gray, Maria Emma". In Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney (eds.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 23. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 11. External links Image of bronze medallion featuring Gray held at the National Portrait Gallery, London.. Discover the Emma Gray popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Emma Gray books.
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Sacred Cows
Fay WeldonIn 1989, after the Ayatollah Khomeini declared a fatwa against Salman Rushdie for writing The Satanic Verses, Fay Weldon published Sacred Cows, a pamphlet critical of the fundament...
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Kidstory
Tom AdamsLearn about fifty amazing kids who changed the world in this beautifully illustrated collection of inspiring short biographies sure to empower and motivate in equal measure.You don...
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Unhallowed Rites
Martine MarquandThe young Allegra di Vitali bored with life in her guardian's Venetian palazzo until the day sexual curiosity draws her to look at the depraved illustrations he keeps in his privat...
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The Second Time I Saw You
Pippa CroftIf you can't get enough of E. L. James, Sylvia Day and Samantha Young, you'll love this passionate romance. It's the beginning of a new term at Wyckham College, Oxford, and a fres...
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Meet You At The Main Divide
Justine RossAn inspirational memoir from the authors of Every Bastard Says No about the peaks and troughs of a life in the high countryIn 2017 the Ross family left behind their innercity lives...
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Tangled Love
Emma Chase & Heide FranckWas denken Männer? Lesen Sie "Tangled" und finden Sie es heraus! Wer wird denn gleich von Liebe sprechen?! Drew Evans ist sexy und erfolgreich ein Gewinnertyp. Millionendeals ver...
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Lizzie and Emma
Byler LindaIn Little Amish Lizzie, the first book in the Buggy Spoke series, fiveyearold Lizzie moves to a new home with her family and must adjust to a new school, new house, and lots of new...
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Emma Enslaved
Hilary JamesEmma, having been denied every dignity by her mistress, Ursula, is now required to sacrifice something even more precious: access to her own pleasure. Confined under her skirts and...
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Sound of Light
Amanda BridgemanDazzler, rock ‘n’ roll, and the children of Cyclops and Magneto launch into space and beyond in this electrifying transdimensional adventure from Marvel’s School of X When roc...
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7 best short stories by Emma Orczy
Emma Orczy & August NemoEmma Orczy portrayed her time in her fiction with a rare creativity; having her own family affected by the wave of revolutions that culminated in the French Revolution, Baroness Em...
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Ein Mr Grey mit Pelz
Nicki P. CookTräume nicht von Dingen, die für dich unerreichbar sind.Wünsche dir nicht etwas, was deine Seele zerstört.Lebe dein Leben so, dass dein Körper mit dir im Einklang ist.Dann wirst au...
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The Pheromone Bomb
Edward EllisA crack army unit the Special Marine Corps, consisting of five British and five American soldiers is on a topsecret mission to investigate and, if necessary, eliminate, an illega...
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The Complete Novels
Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë & Anne BrontëSpanning the tumultuous landscapes of the Yorkshire moors and the intricate social webs of Victorian England, 'The Complete Novels' presents an unparalleled collection of t...
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The Visitors
Catherine BurnsWith the smart suspense of Emma Donoghue’s Room and the atmospheric claustrophobia of Grey Gardens, this “bizarrely unsettling, yet compulsively readable” (Iain Reid, international...
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UV
Serge Joncour & Adriana HunterWinner of the Prix Roman France TélévisionsOn a hot and lazy sundrenched afternoon, when one affluent family are at their most docile, most vulnerable, most ripe for the picking, a...
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Third Time Lucky
Pippa CroftFans of Sylvia Day and E. L. James will love the third and final part of this exciting romance series.'It's Sister Dixon from the Royal Infirmary here. I'm sorry to tell you that C...
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The First Time We Met
Pippa CroftFans of E. L. James, Sylvia Day and Samantha Young will love this sizzling new romance . . . When US Senator's daughter Lauren Cusack arrives at the enchanting Wyckham College of O...
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The Phoenix Chase
Neil KleidThe XMen confront space pirates and intergalactic war in this stunning space adventure featuring Kid Omega and a quest for the legendary powers of the Phoenix ForceKid Omega’s late...
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The Last Love Note
Emma Grey'At its core, The Last Love Note is as heartwarming as it is heartbreaking. With vulnerability and honesty, Grey takes us through the entire spectrum of love.' Books + PublishingIn...
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The Siege of X-41
Tristan PalmgrenOmegalevel mutant Elixir must come to terms with his antimutant upbringing while fighting off vampiric mermen and a leviathan of ancient lore in this intense survival adventur...
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Little Amish Lizzie
Byler LindaLizzie is a fiveyearold Amish girl in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She is spunky, sensitive, and not nearly as pious as her older sister Emma. Lizzie sometimes daydreams instead of pra...
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Beautiful Bombshell
Christina LaurenIn this sexy novella, the gentlemen from Beautiful Bastard, Beautiful Stranger, and Beautiful Player are out for a wild night on The Strip. A beautiful bastard of a groomtobe. A ba...
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Sons and Lovers
D. H. Lawrence'A work whose power stands the test of time' Sunday Times ...