George Strong Nares
bap. 1831 d. 1915
Naval officer and Arctic explorer. Attended the Royal Naval School at New Cross and entered the navy in 1845. Captain of the Challenger during its expedition of oceanographic exploration, 1872–4. Leader of the Arctic expedition, 1875–6. Knighted, 1876. FRS 1875.
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ODNB
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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