File:John Ray by Roubiliac, British Museum.jpg|thumb|250px|Sculpture of Ray by Louis-François Roubiliac, housed at the British Museum John Ray FRS (29 November 1627 – 17 January 1705) was an English Christian naturalist and one of the earliest English parson-naturalists. Until 1670 he wrote his name as John Wray; from then on, he used 'Ray', after "having ascertained that such had been the practice of his family before him". He published important works in the fields of botany, zoology and natural theology. Wikipedia