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Feather by feather the goose is plucked.

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John Ray
Age: 77 †
Born: 1627
Born: November 29
Died: 1705
Died: January 17
Botanist
Bryologist
Naturalist
Ornithologist
Theologian
Zoologist
Black Notley
Essex
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