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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...
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...
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...
Hannah Holborn Gray
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...many, or simply her gender, Gray did not receive the offer of...University of Chicago. According to Gray, the offer came as a "great...Chicago by the fact that Charles Gray felt like a "well-connected anamoly" at Yale. The Grays returned to the University of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...

Dictionary entries related to "Gray,"

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, 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, 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, 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...
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...

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 American Writers Thesaurus steely • adjective   1. steely light synonyms : blue-gray, gray, steel-colored, steel-gray, iron-gray.   2. steely muscles synonyms : hard, firm, toned, rigid, stiff, tense...
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.
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...
hoary
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...adjective   1. hoary cobwebs synonyms : grayish-white, gray, white, snowy, silver, silvery; frosty; literary rimy.   2. a hoary old man synonyms : gray-haired, white-haired, silver-haired, grizzled; elderly...
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.
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.
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.
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.
black
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...able to pay one's debts, creditworthy. black and white   1. a black-and-white picture synonyms : monochrome, gray-scale.   2. I wish to see the proposals in black and white synonyms : in print, printed, written down, set down...

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Gray Named to Head United Negro College Fund;Highest-Ranking Black Congressman to Resign, Cites Desire to `Make a More Focused Contribution'
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 6/21/1991; ; 700+ words ; ...today elected House Majority Whip William H. Gray III (D-Pa.) as its president. Gray, the most powerful black member of Congress who...no longer have a mission in public service," Gray, 49, told reporters here. "I have instead...
Morgan Grays Secures Capital to Foster Future Growth and Enhance International Profile.(Company overview)
Business Wire; 4/25/2008; 700+ words ; ...YORK & WARE, Mass. -- Morgan Grays, a leading luxury provider of American...in the international market. Morgan Grays was advised by Financo, Inc. and Watch Hill Partners LLC. "Morgan Grays has grown from a two-man specialty...
Gray hopes next chapter is green; Local celebs are the 'bread and butter' of Cleveland publisher.(Insight)(David Gray)
Magazine article from: Crain's Cleveland Business; 10/4/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...HENRY GOMEZ Cleveland publisher David Gray says some aspiring authors come in off...street to pitch him book ideas. Considering Gray & Co.'s neighborhood, a rundown...authentic Cleveland vibe that has distinguished Gray and its 53 titles from the other books...
Gray-Dort: Pride of Chatham.(WHEELS)
Newspaper article from: The Record (Kitchener, Ontario); 6/27/2008; 700+ words ; ...quality light car. The Grays of Chatham were also...in his 1988 book; Gray Dort -- The Class...buying an orphan. The Grays arranged with the Gray Motor Corp. (the...manufacture cars of Gray design. A few Grays were imported but production...
Amazing grays: check out these women (no, they're not models!) and see how good you could look. Interested? Here's how to come out of hiding.(Good looks)
Magazine article from: Good Housekeeping; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; Gray is tricky Wear it well, and you could be...That's when your hair seems to "turn gray," but it's actually just losing its original...difference whether you end up with a head of gray, silver, or white, he says. Like chestnut...
Gray hoping to stay.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA); 7/26/2009; 700+ words ; Byline: Rich Garven Keith Gray is only 22, but has already lived in...parent's home just outside Dallas. Gray, who lived in Worcester for two years...College in Spartanburg, S.C., and Gray will be there looking to earn a spot...
Gray to stay with Pitt another year
News Wire article from: University Wire; 6/21/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...disappointing game or season. For Aaron Gray, the words took on a slightly different...that the NBA will be there next year," Gray said. "I'm truly happy at the University...and obviously worn from deliberation, Gray made sure everyone at Monday's press...
Gray Matters, With Lots of Smarts or Looking Sharp or With High IQ
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/11/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...clients to look at paints on either end of the gray scale. "Very light or very dark grays are more pleasant than mid- range grays, which...institutional settings," says Kaufman. Mid-tone gray makes people think of office cubicles. Dark gray...
Gray Gets Life Term in Wife's Death; Judge Cites `Meanness'; Defendant Denies Guilt
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 6/21/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...supporters of both James and Bonnie Gray. Also on hand were four of the jurors who had convicted Gray last month. Stiglitz argued during the trial that the Grays' marital problems escalated...29, 1995, that ended with Gray beating his wife over the...
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...