Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for John Ray across 4 places, from 1627 to 1666.
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John Ray (29 November 1627 – 17 January 1705) was an English Christian naturalist and one of the earliest English parson-naturalists.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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29 November 1627exact date
Essexattested“John Ray was born in the village of Black Notley in Essex in the Kingdom of England on 29 November 1627.”source: Wikipedia: John Ray
1660year
Cambridgeattested“At Cambridge, Ray spent much of his time in the study of natural history, a subject which would occupy him for most of his life, from 1660 to the beginning of the eighteenth century.”source: Wikipedia: John Ray
March 1666month
Montpellierattested“In the spring of 1663 Ray started together with Willughby and two other pupils (Philip Skippon and Nathaniel Bacon) on a tour through Europe, from which he returned in March 1666, parting from Willughby at Montpellier, whence the latter…”source: Wikipedia: John Ray
March 1666month
Spainattested“In the spring of 1663 Ray started together with Willughby and two other pupils (Philip Skippon and Nathaniel Bacon) on a tour through Europe, from which he returned in March 1666, parting from Willughby at Montpellier, whence the latter…”source: Wikipedia: John Ray
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23 December 1660exact date
St Mary the Great with St Michael, Cambridgementioned“He held many college offices, becoming successively lecturer in Greek (1651), mathematics (1653), and humanity (1655), praelector (1657), junior dean (1657), and college steward (1659 and 1660); and according to the habit of the time, he…”source: Wikipedia: John Ray
1671year
Royal Societymentioned“In 1671 he presented the research of Francis Jessop on formic acid to the Royal Society.”source: Wikipedia: John Ray
1673 to 1677period
Essexmentioned“In 1673, Ray married Margaret Oakley of Launton in Oxfordshire; in 1676 he went to Middleton Hall near Tamworth, and in 1677 to Falborne (or Faulkbourne) Hall in Essex.”source: Wikipedia: John Ray
1673 to 1677period
Oxfordshirementioned“In 1673, Ray married Margaret Oakley of Launton in Oxfordshire; in 1676 he went to Middleton Hall near Tamworth, and in 1677 to Falborne (or Faulkbourne) Hall in Essex.”source: Wikipedia: John Ray
1673 to 1677period
Middleton Hall, Warwickshirementioned“In 1673, Ray married Margaret Oakley of Launton in Oxfordshire; in 1676 he went to Middleton Hall near Tamworth, and in 1677 to Falborne (or Faulkbourne) Hall in Essex.”source: Wikipedia: John Ray
1673 to 1677period
Tamworth, Staffordshirementioned“In 1673, Ray married Margaret Oakley of Launton in Oxfordshire; in 1676 he went to Middleton Hall near Tamworth, and in 1677 to Falborne (or Faulkbourne) Hall in Essex.”source: Wikipedia: John Ray
1679year
Black Notleymentioned“Finally, in 1679, he removed to his birthplace at Black Notley, where he afterwards remained.”source: Wikipedia: John Ray
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