| Authorised form of name | Nares; Sir; George Strong (1831 - 1915) |
| Dates | 1831 - 1915 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Date of birth | 24 April 1831 |
| Place of death | Surbiton, Surrey |
| Date of death | 15/01/1915 |
| Activity | Career:
Joined the Royal Navy (1845); served in the Pacific, and on a Franklin search expedition; Lieutenant (1845); served in the Crimea; Commander (1862); Captain, HMS Challenger; explored the Southern Ocean (1872); led the expedition of HMS Alert and Discovery to the North Pole (1874); surveyed the Magellan Straits (1878); in the Habour Department, Board of Trade (1879-1886); Rear Admiral (1887); Vice Admiral (1892); Consevator of River Mersey (1896-1910).
Places or features named after him include: Nares Harbour, Admiralty Islands; Nares Deep, North Atlantic; Nares Land, Greenland; Capes Nares, Grant Land; Mount Nares, South Victoria Land
Honours:
KCB 1876 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 03/06/1875 |
| Relationships | Son of Commander William Henry Nares RN of Aberdeen and his wife Elizabeth Gould, daughter of John Dodd of Redbourn, Hertfordshire |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series A 1914-1915 vol 91 pp lii-liii signed by C R M |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/77475 |
| Code | NA6450 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1875/27 | Nares, Sir George Strong: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/9/542 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 1 June 1894 |
| NLB/10/252 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 1 November 1894 |
| NLB/16/302 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 11 March 1898 |
| NLB/18/356 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 28 February 1899 |
| NLB/20/552 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr W J Blanford, Fellow of the Royal Society | 21 May 1900 |
| NLB/23/1/239 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir George Strong Nares, [Fellow of the Royal Society] | 15 October 1901 |
| MS/769/56 | Letter from George Strong Nares, Stanfield House, Southsea, to [Walter White?] | 17 March [ny] |
| RR/15/30 | Referee's report by George Strong Nares, on a paper 'The circulation of the surface waters of the North Atlantic ocean' by H N Dickson | 7 May 1900 |
| NLB/19/143 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr John Scott Keltie, Royal Geographical Society | 29 June 1899 |
| MC/10/457 | Copy telegram from Captain [George Strong] Nares, HMS 'Alert', Valentia, to the Secretary of the Admiralty | 27 October 1876 |
| MC/10 | Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | July 1873-1876 |
| MC/11/131 | Letter from J [John] Gwyn Jeffreys, Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall, to [Joseph Dalton] Hooker, [President of the Royal Society] | 7 December 1877 |
| MC/11 | Volume 11 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1877-1879 |