Person Nares; Sir; George Strong (1831 - 1915) Nares George Strong Sir 1831 - 1915 British Male Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 24 April 1831 Surbiton, Surrey 15/01/1915 19150115

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 Son of Commander William Henry Nares RN of Aberdeen and his wife Elizabeth Gould, daughter of John Dodd of Redbourn, Hertfordshire Fellow 03/06/1875 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc Series A 1914-1915 vol 91 pp lii-liii signed by C R M 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 24 Apr 1831 - 15 Jan 1915 NA6450 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/77475 07848452-1c6e-41d7-a071-9cc2ffb3f0fa