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Elisha Gray
Elisha Gray 1835-1901, American inventor, b. Barnesville, Ohio. He patented many electrical devices, most of them having to do with the telegraph . His telautograph (1888) for transmitting handwriting and line drawing was widely used. While experimenting in 1875 with the idea of sending musical no... Read more
Robert Gray
Robert Gray 1755-1806, American sea captain, discoverer of the Columbia River, b. Tiverton, R.I. He probably served in the Continental navy in the American Revolution. In 1787 he and Capt. John Kendrick were sent by Boston merchants to the northwest coast of North America with two vessels, the Col... Read more
Asa Gray
Asa Gray 1810-88, one of America's leading botanists and taxonomists, b. Oneida co., N.Y. As professor of natural history at Harvard from 1842, he was the teacher of many eminent botanists. Through his voluminous writings in periodicals and his well-known textbooks, he helped popularize the study o... Read more
Horace Gray
Horace Gray 1828-1902, American jurist, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1881-1902), b. Boston. At first a reporter (1854-61) to the Massachusetts supreme court, he later entered into law practice. Originally a member of the Free-Soil party, he became a Republican. After an unsuccessful... Read more
Thomas Gray
Thomas Gray 1716-71, English poet. He was educated at Eton and Peterhouse, Cambridge. In 1739 he began a grand tour of the Continent with Horace Walpole . They quarreled in Italy, and Gray returned to England in 1741. He continued his studies at Cambridge, and he remained there for most of his lif... Read more
Hanna Holborn Gray
Hanna Holborn Gray 1930-, American historian, president of the Univ. of Chicago (1978-93), b. Germany. Her father, the eminent historian Hajo Holborn, fled the Nazis in 1934 and settled in the U.S. A Renaissance and Reformation scholar, Gray became provost of Yale in 1974 and acting president in 19... Read more
hue
hue The perceived main wavelength of light defining a color. White, gray, and black may be considered as colors but not hues.... Read more
cardinal
cardinal or redbird, common name for a North American songbird of the family Fringillidae (New World finch family). In the eastern cardinal, Richmondena cardinalis, the male is bright scarlet with black throat and face; the female is brown with patches of red. Both sexes have crests and red... Read more
grisaille
grisaille , a monochrome painting and drawing technique executed in tones of gray. Such works were often produced in the Renaissance to simulate sculpture, as in Uccello's equestrian portrait of Sir John Hawkswood (Cathedral of Florence). Painters of stained glass frequently used grisaille. In the 1... Read more
brant
brant or brant goose, common name for a species of wild sea goose. The American brant, Branta bernicla, breeds in the Arctic and winters along the Atlantic coast. The head, neck, and tail are black, the back brownish gray, and the under parts grayish white. Eelgrass ( Zostera marina ) is thei... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Gray,"

Gray, Horace
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law GRAY, HORACE Horace Gray gained prominence as a Massachusetts jurist and a U.S. Supreme Court justice. In his fifty-three-year career as a lawyer and judge, Gray earned a reputation as an expert on legal history and precedent. Gray...
William H. Gray III
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography William H. Gray III Democratic congressman from Philadelphia from 1979 to 1991, William H. Gray III (born 1941) became the highest-ranking...the House Whip on June 14, 1989. William H. Gray III was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on...
Thomas Gray
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Thomas Gray The English poet Thomas Gray (1716-1771) expressed deep and universal human feelings in...was small, he introduced new subject matter for poetry. Thomas Gray was born on Dec. 26, 1716, of middle-class parents. He was...
Gray, William Herbert, III
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law GRAY, WILLIAM HERBERT, III From 1979 to 1991 William H. Gray served as U.S. representative from Pennsylvania's Second Congressional District. Gray, a liberal Democrat, chaired the powerful House Budget...
Gray, William Scott (1885–1960)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Education GRAY, WILLIAM SCOTT (1885 – 1960) William S. Gray, as author of the popular "Dick and Jane" series, arguably...define the field of reading education in the United States. Gray received a bachelor's degree from the University of Chicago...
Asa Gray
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Asa Gray Asa Gray (1810-1888), American botanist, pioneered in the study of plant geography...specialists. A new method of classification was coming into use early in Asa Gray's career—the so-called natural system, which aimed at...
Gray, John Chipman
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law GRAY, JOHN CHIPMAN John Chipman Gray served as a member of the Harvard Law School faculty for more than...works are still cited as persuasive authority today. John Chipman Gray was born July 14, 1839, in Brighton, Massachusetts, son of Horace...
Gray Panthers
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law GRAY PANTHERS Founded in 1970, the Gray Panthers is a national organization dedicated to social justice for old and young people alike. However, the Gray Panthers is best known for work on behalf of older persons. It...
Hannah Holborn Gray
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Hannah Holborn Gray Hannah Holborn Gray (born 1930) was an education administrator who served as the...executive of a major coeducational university. Hannah Holborn Gray was born on October 25, 1930, in Heidelberg, Germany, the second...
Robert Gray
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Robert Gray Robert Gray (1755-1806) was the first American to circumnavigate the globe...Columbia River while exploring the coastline of the Oregon country. Robert Gray was born in Tiverton, R.I., on May 10, 1755. He served in a privateer...

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Gray, Henry
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography Gray, Henry (b . London[?], England, 1825...physiology . For a name as well-known as Gray ’ s, extremely little is known...his preparatory education. On 6 May 1845 Gray entered St. George ’ s Hospital...
gray
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English gray 1 / grā / ( Brit. grey ) • adj...between black and white, as of ashes or an overcast sky: gray flannel trousers. ∎  (of hair) turning gray or white with age: a gray beard. ∎ ...
Gray, Macy
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 MACY GRAY Born: Natalie McIntyre; Canton, Ohio...freewheeling personality, the Ohio-born Macy Gray emerged, after years of music-industry...steelworker father and teacher mother, Macy Gray was self-conscious about her voice as a...
Gray, Stephen
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography Gray, Stephen ( b . Canterbury, England, 1666...February 1736) electricity . The exact date of Gray ’ s birth is uncertain, but records...understood the value of education. Although Gray followed his father ’ s trade...
Gray, Asa
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography Gray, Asa ( b . Sauquoit, New York, 18 November 1810; d . Cambridge, Massachusetts, 30 January 1888) botany . Gray was the son of Moses Gray and Roxana Howard Gray, who had migrated from New England to upstate...
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY USA, 1945 Director: Albert Lewin Production...Henry Wotton) ; Hurd Hatfield (Dorian Gray) ; Donna Reed (Gladys Hallward) ; Angela...Silver, Alain, "The Picture of Dorian Gray," Magill's Survey of Cinema, Frank...
Gray, David
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 DAVID GRAY Born: Manchester, England, 1970 Genre...during the 1990s, singer/songwriter David Gray broke through in 1998 with the European release...crafted, seamless work. At the age of nine, Gray moved with his family to Pembrokeshire...
Gray code
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing Gray code A binary ( n , n ) block code having...Hamming distance between them is unity. A Gray code can be conveniently represented by its...the next. The Good-de Bruijn graph of a Gray code forms a Hamiltonian cycle . Gray codes...
Gray Panthers
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History GRAY PANTHERS GRAY PANTHERS. In 1970, Maggie Kuhn organized a group of recently retired...Vietnam War. After a New York talk show producer nicknamed them the "Gray Panthers," Kuhn's group struck a nerve with other retirees, who wanted...
Gray, Robert
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Gray, Robert (1809–72), Bp. of...contended that the Letters Patent appointing Gray gave him no authority to summon him to synods...Natal, was presented on a charge of heresy to Gray, who deposed and then excommunicated him...

Thesaurus entries related to "Gray,"

gray
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English gray • adjective   1. a gray dress synonyms : grayish, silvery; silver-gray, pearl-gray, pearly, gunmetal gray, battleship gray, smoke-colored.   2. complexion looking gray synonyms : ashen, wan, pale...
steely
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English steely • adjective   1. a steely color synonyms : steel-colored, gray, blue-gray, steel-gray, iron-gray.   2. steely eyes synonyms : hard, harsh, severe, unfeeling, unsympathetic...
leaden
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...uninteresting, dull, boring, tedious, monotonous, insipid, vapid.   4. leaden skies synonyms : gray, grayish, gray-colored, cloudy, gloomy, overcast, lowering, oppressive, dark, dreary, dismal, bleak.
hoary
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English hoary • adjective   1. hoary hair/head synonyms : gray, gray-haired, white, white-haired, silvery, silvery-haired, grizzled, grizzly.   2. hoary gentleman synonyms...
brain
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...synonyms : cerebrum, cerebral matter, encephalon; informal gray matter.   2. (also brains ) success requires brains...acumen, discernment, judgment, understanding, sense; informal gray matter, savvy; smarts.   3. informal ( brains ) Janice...
white
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English white • adjective   1. a white face synonyms : white as a ghost/sheet, chalk-white, pale, wan, pallid, ashen, anemic, colorless, bloodless, waxen, pasty, peaky, gray.   2. white hair synonyms : gray, silver, hoary, snow-white.
ashen
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ashen • adjective   synonyms : pale, pale-faced, pallid, wan, gray, gray-faced, white, colorless, anemic, washed out, bleached, ghostly, deathlike, leaden.
mousy
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...effacing, unobtrusive, unassertive, withdrawn, shy.   2. mousy hair/colors synonyms : brownish-gray, grayish, gray, dun-colored, colorless, neutral, drab, dull, lackluster.
grizzled
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus grizzled • adjective  Grampa tugged at his grizzled beard synonyms : gray, graying, silver, silvery, snowy, white, salt-and-pepper; gray-haired, hoary.
understanding
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...limited | use your understanding synonyms : intelligence, intellect, mind, brainpower; brains, powers of reasoning; inf. gray matter.   3. it is my understanding that he has gone synonyms : belief, perception, view, notion, idea, fancy...

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Gray Agonistes: Thomas Gray and Masculine Friendship.
Magazine article from: Criticism; 1/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; Gray Agonistes: Thomas Gray and Masculine Friendship by Robert F. Gleckner. Baltimore and London...Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997. Pp. x + 231. $45.00. With Gray Agonistes: Thomas Gray and Masculine Friendship, Robert F. Gleckner...
Gray water recycling: tips on how concrete producers should evaluate recycling equipment and process.(third part)
Magazine article from: The Concrete Producer; 4/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...important choices to make about how to handle the gray water discharged from his reclaimer. Should the gray water--the water and solids some producers...most producers who have embraced "100% gray water recycling" systems have made that commitment...
Gray tops earn waves of respect from boomers
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 4/29/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...Record (Bergen County, NJ) 04-29-2007 Gray tops earn waves of respect from boomers...Once upon a time, women would curse their gray hair and reach for the dye to cover it...it their way. So long, stigma, hello gray. It's a fashion statement showing up...
Gray Automotive adapts to times
Newspaper article from: St. Joseph News-Press; 8/15/2004; ; 700+ words ; In 1952, 29-year-old Joe Gray walked away from a career in jet propulsion...at the dawn of the space age. But Mr. Gray, who has a degree in aeronautical engineering...It was tough getting started," Mr. Gray said. "We struggled, really, for five...
Gray matters: Remembering the late Spalding Gray
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 3/19/2004; 700+ words ; ...lucky enough to have experienced Spalding Gray's occasional visits know that we have lost a keen mind and a sharp wit. When Gray, 62, disappeared in January, it didn...wrestled with depression and suicide, Gray had been going through a dark period in...
Profile: Spalding Gray appreciation
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 3/8/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...NPR) 03-08-2004 Profile: Spalding Gray appreciationHost: ROBERT SIEGELTime...today as that of actor and writer Spalding Gray. The New York City medical examiner made the identification through dental records. Gray, who was 62, was reported missing more...
Mac-Gray to Release Third Quarter 2007 Financial Results on Tuesday, November 6th.
PR Newswire; 10/16/2007; 700+ words ; ...financial results news release, Mac-Gray Corporation , the nation's premier provider...the call, Stewart G. MacDonald, Mac-Gray's chairman and chief executive officer...to the event's broadcast. About Mac-Gray Corporation Founded in 1927, Mac-Gray...
Margo Gray's Christmas gift: 200 warm caps
Newspaper article from: Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL); 12/21/2005; ; 700+ words ; Margo Gray of South Elgin sits in a pile of 200 crocheted...to the Community Crisis Center this week. Gray has been crocheting since third grade. Her...helping the needy. SOUTH ELGIN -- When Margo Gray isn't busy taking board meeting minutes...
Gray manhandles Marquette.
Newspaper article from: Morning Call (Allentown, PA); 3/9/2007; 700+ words ; ...have thought Pittsburgh center Aaron Gray represented in the paint Thursday night at Madison Square Garden The 7-0 Gray, a senior and Emmaus High graduate...Marquette's 7-0 Mike Kinsella, but Gray muscled up and used solid post moves...
Mac-Gray to Release Fourth Quarter and Year End 2006 Financial Results on Thursday, March 1st.
PR Newswire; 2/15/2007; 700+ words ; ...financial results news release, Mac-Gray Corporation , the nation's premier provider...During the call, Stewart MacDonald, Mac-Gray's chairman and chief executive officer...to the event's broadcast. About Mac-Gray Corporation Founded in 1927, Mac-Gray...