Person Evans; Sir; Frederick John Owen (1815 - 1885) Evans Frederick John Owen Sir 1815 - 1885 Male 09 or 25 March 1815 His residence, 21 Dawson Place, Pembridge Square, London 20 December 1885

Hydrography Geomagnetism Career: Entered Royal Navy as second class volunteer (1828); surveyed the Coral Sea, the Great Barrier Reef and the Torres Straits (1841-1846); Superintendent of the Compass Department, Royal Navy, working with Archibald Smith (FRS 1856) (1855); Captain (1872); Hydrographer to the Royal Navy (1874); served on the Krakatoa Committee of the Royal Society with responsibility for investigating tidal data (1884) Honours: CB 1873; KCB 1881 Son of John Evans, Master, Royal Navy; married (1846) Elizabeth Mary, daughter of Captain Charles Hall RN Royal Society roles: VP 1884-1885 Fellow 05/06/1862 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1886 vol 40 pp i-vii signed by G H R References: Charles H Cotter, 'The Royal Society and the Deviation of the Compass' in NR 1976-7 vol 31 pp 297-309 Notes: DNB, DSB and Boase give birth date as 9 March 1815; index to BR gives 25 March 1815 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 9 or 25 Mar 1815 - 20 Dec 1885 NA2166 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/102409724 ec9118c8-8845-4bcb-a5ae-60b04755ec3b