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Born Apr. 24, 1831, in Aberdeen; died Jan. 15, 1915, in Surbiton, near London. English navigator, oceanographer, and explorer of the western arctic. Corresponding member of the Royal Society (1875); vice admiral (1892).Nares took part in H. Kellett’s second arctic expedition in 1852–54. He commanded the corvette Challenger from 1872 to 1874. In 1875 he led an arctic expedition on two ships ...

Born Apr. 24, 1831, in Aberdeen; died Jan. 15, 1915, in Surbiton, near London. English navigator, oceanographer, and explorer of the western arctic. Corresponding member of the Royal Society (1875); vice admiral (1892).Nares took part in H. Kellett’s second arctic expedition in 1852–54. He commanded the corvette Challenger from 1872 to 1874. In 1875 he led an arctic expedition on two ships ...

Born January 1852 in St. Petersburg; died Mar. 28 (Apr. 9), 1892, in Yakutsk. Russian worker and revolutionary.In 1864, Gerasimov began to work in the Krenholm factory in Narva, and in 1872 he took part in a strike there. In 1875 he began working at the Cheshire factory in St. Petersburg and, under the leadership of V. M. D’iakov, he was active in propaganda work in the Vyborg Side area among ...

Born January 1852 in St. Petersburg; died Mar. 28 (Apr. 9), 1892, in Yakutsk. Russian worker and revolutionary.In 1864, Gerasimov began to work in the Krenholm factory in Narva, and in 1872 he took part in a strike there. In 1875 he began working at the Cheshire factory in St. Petersburg and, under the leadership of V. M. D’iakov, he was active in propaganda work in the Vyborg Side area among ...

Born January 1852 in St. Petersburg; died Mar. 28 (Apr. 9), 1892, in Yakutsk. Russian worker and revolutionary.In 1864, Gerasimov began to work in the Krenholm factory in Narva, and in 1872 he took part in a strike there. In 1875 he began working at the Cheshire factory in St. Petersburg and, under the leadership of V. M. D’iakov, he was active in propaganda work in the Vyborg Side area among ...