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Authorised form of nameNares; Robert (1753 - 1829)
Dates1753 - 1829
NationalityBritish
Place of birthYork, Yorkshire, England
Date of birth09 June 1753
Place of deathHis house, 22 Hart Street, Bloomsbury, London
Date of death23 March 1829
OccupationClergyman, Church of England
ActivityEducation:
BA (1775) MA (1778) Christchurch, Oxford
Career:
Vicar, Great Doddington, Northampton (1784); Assistant Librarian, department of Manuscripts, British Museum (1795): Vicar, Dalby, Leicestershire (1795); Rector, Sharnford, Leicestershire (1798); Canon, Lichfield (1798-1829); Prebend, St Paul's (1798); Keeper of Manuscripts, British Museum (1799); Archdeacon of Stafford (1801); Rector, All Hallows, London Wall
Memberships:
FSA
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election10/05/1804
RelationshipsSon of James Nares, organist and composer
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/32788887
CodeNA5867
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1804/02Nares, Robert: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/003236Nares, Robertnd
AP/13/28Unpublished paper, address as President of the Royal Society by Davies Gilbert30 November 1829
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