Frederick John Owen Evans ( 1815 - 1885 )

Birth: 09 or 25 March 1815 Death: His residence, 21 Dawson Place, Pembridge Square, London (20 December 1885) Research Field: Hydrography, geomagnetism Career: Enter Royal Navy as second class volunteer (1828); surveyed the Coral Sea, the Great Barrier Reed 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) Honours: CB 1873; KCB 1881 Membership: Fellow Election Date: 5/06/1862 Council: VP 1884-1885.