Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1810, Nov. 18 | Born, Sauquoit, N.Y. |
| 1825-1826 | Attended Fairfield Academy, Clinton, N.Y. |
| 1826-1831 | Attended Fairfield Academy College of Physicians and Surgeons of the Western District of New York, Clinton, N.Y., receiving a medical degree |
| 1830 | Began to collect and exchange plants with John Torrey |
| 1836 | Published Elements of Botany in New York. New York: G. & C. Carvill and Co. |
| 1836-1838 | Member, U.S. Exploring expedition under command of Charles Wilkes |
| 1838-1843 | Professor of botany, University of Michigan, Detroit, Mich. Published with John Torrey Flora of North America. New York and London: Wiley and Putnam. 2 vols. |
| 1842 | Appointed professor of natural history, Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1847 | Published Manual of Botany of the Northern United States. Boston: L. Munroe and Co. |
| 1848 | Married Jane Lathrop Loring |
| 1858 | Published Botany for Young People and Common Schools. New York: Ivison Blakeman, Taylor, and Co. |
| 1873 | Retired, Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass., to work on revisions of his book on North American flora |
| 1876 | Published Darwiana; Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism. New York: D. Appleton and Co. |
| 1888, Jan. 30 | Died, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1893 | Posthumous publication of Letters of Asa Gray, edited by Jane Loring Gray. Boston: Houghton Mifflin |