There are at least four authors called John Ray:
1) the naturalist 1627-1705 who wrote a.o. The wisdom of God manifested in the works of the creation;
2) the historian - John Philip Ray 1929- : The Battle of Britain: Dowding and the First Victory, 1940 (Cassell Military Paperbacks S.) and the Night Blitz;
3) the computer specialist 1971- : MAC OS X unleashed;
4) the egyptologist at The University of Cambridge: Reflections of Osiris: Lives from Ancient Egypt
5) Ray, John fl. 1902 wrote Conundrums.......
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7) David Nasmyth wrote Who Was Alexander the Great (Amazon error)
Combination issues