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	Asa Gray papers	Harvard University, Botany Libraries
creatorOf	Cunningham, John, 1818-1900. Letters to Jane Loring Gray, 1835-1872.	Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn	Garden Street Garden Club (Cambridge, Mass.). Garden Street Garden Club records, 1879-1897.	Cambridge Historical Society
referencedIn	Gray, Asa, 1810-1888. Papers, 1840-1859	Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn	Gray, Asa, 1810-1888. Papers, 1840-1859	Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf	Gray, Jane Lathrop Loring, 1821-1909. Collection of botanists' autographs and biographies, 183-189 (inclusive.	Harvard University, Botany Libraries
creatorOf	Gray, Jane Lathrop Loring, 1821-1909. Papers of Jane Loring Gray, 183?-189? (inclusive).	Harvard University, Botany Libraries
referencedIn	Houghton Mifflin Company contracts, 1831-1979 (inclusive) 1880-1940 (bulk).	Houghton Library
referencedIn	Loring family. Loring family correspondence, 1812-1863.	Litchfield Historical Society
referencedIn	Loring family. Papers, 1830-1943 (inclusive).	Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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associatedWith	Agardh, C. A. (Carl Adolf), 1785-1859.
associatedWith	Andersson, N. J. (Nils Johan), 1821-1880.
associatedWith	Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820.
associatedWith	Bartram, John, 1699-1777.
associatedWith	Bentham, George, 1800-1884.
associatedWith	Bigelow, Jacob, 1786-1879.
associatedWith	Bory de Saint-Vincent, M. (Jean Baptiste Geneviève Marcellin), 1778-1846.
associatedWith	Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de, 1778-1841.
associatedWith	Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de, 1781-1832.
associatedWith	Catesby, Mark, 1683-1749.