Georg Ossian Sars was born on 20 April 1837 in
Kinn,
Norway (now part of
Kinn Municipality), the son of Pastor
Michael Sars and
Maren Sars; the historian
Ernst Sars was his elder brother, and the singer and women's
skiing pioneer
Eva Nansen was his younger sister. He grew up in
Manger Municipality in
Hordaland, where his father was the local priest. Sars' primary research focus was on
crustaceans and their
systematics. He
described many new species in his career, including in his
magnum opus,
An Account of the Crustacea of Norway. He was further awarded the
Linnean Medal in 1910. Georg Ossian Sars never married, and died on 9 April 1927 in
Oslo. He is remembered in the scientific names of a number of marine
invertebrates, as well as the journal
Sarsia, the
Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology and the flagship of the Norwegian
research fleet, the
RV G.O.Sars. ==Publications==