John Stuart Gray (21 August 1941 – 21 October 2007) was a British-Norwegian marine biologist. He was born in Bolsover, but migrated to Norway. After his PHD degree in 1965, he took the dr.scient. degree in 1976 and became a professor at the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...

. He was a member of the

Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters ( no, Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi, DNVA) is a learned society based in Oslo, Norway. Its purpose is to support the advancement of science and scholarship in Norway. History The Royal Frederick Univer ...

from 1980 and won the

Fridtjof Nansen Prize for Outstanding Research The Fridtjof Nansen Prize for Outstanding Research ( no, Fridtjof Nansens belønning for fremragende forskning) is a Norwegian research award. It is conferred by the Nansen Trust and its associated trusts, and it was established in 1896 after the r ...

in 1998.

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1941 births 2007 deaths British marine biologists British emigrants to Norway Academic staff of the University of Oslo Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters {{UK-academic-bio-stub