Francis Calley Gray was a politician from Massachusetts, United States. He was the son of Elizabeth and William Gray, he graduated Harvard University (1809) and went on to be John Quincy Adams's private secretary, a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and president of the Boston Athenæum. Gray was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1819, and a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1820. Gray was a member of Harvard Overseers. When he died, he left many gifts to Harvard, including his collection of 3,000 engravings and $50,000 to be put towards a museum of comparative zoology.
- Occupation
- politician, art collector, jurist
- Position held
- member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, senator
- Citizenship
- United States
