Edward Nares (26 March 1762 – 23 July 1841) was an English historian and theologian, and general writer.
He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford.
He was Fellow of Merton College, Oxford and in 1813, he became Regius Professor of Modern History.
He was curate of St Peter-in-the-East, Oxford, and then rector of Biddenden from 1798,[1] of New Church, Romney from 1827.
[3] Orthodox on the Biblical account, he was speculative on the issue of the plurality of worlds;[4] he wrote an 1803 pamphlet on the topic.