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Robert Fitzroy
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Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)
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Robert FitzRoy was a British explorer, politician, meteorologist, and naval officer. He served in the Royal Navy, holding the ranks of captain, rear admiral, and vice admiral. FitzRoy was a member of the Conservative Party and served as Governor-General of New Zealand. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society and worked in the field of geography.
His notable works include *Barometer manual. Board of Trade* (1861) and *Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836*. He also authored *A narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle*. FitzRoy was born in 1805 and died by suicide in 1865 in London, Upper Norwood. He was buried in London.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1805
- Died
- 1865
- Works
- 11
Top works
- Barometer manual. Board of Trade. 1861
- Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836
- A narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle
- Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle
- Narración de los viajes de levantamientos de los buques de S.M. "Adventure" y "Beagle" en los años 1826 a 1836
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1979
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density
· 1988 · cited 95,746x
- Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation
· 2011 · cited 56,523x
- Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 46,797x
- Regression Shrinkage and Selection Via the Lasso
· 1996 · cited 39,763x
- The PHQ-9
· 2001 · cited 39,459x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Monarch
- Victoria
- Preceded by
- William Hobson
- Succeeded by
- Sir George Grey
- Born
- ( 1805-07-05 ) 5 July 1805, Ampton Hall , Ampton , Suffolk, England
- Died
- 30 April 1865 (1865-04-30) (aged 59), Lyndhurst, Westow Hill, Norwood , England
- Cause of death
- Suicide
- Spouses
- Mary Henrietta O'Brien Maria Isabella Smyth
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy FRS (5 July 1805 – 30 April 1865) was an English officer of the Royal Navy, politician and scientist who served as the second governor of New Zealand between 1843 and 1845.
He achieved lasting fame as the captain of HMS Beagle during FitzRoy's famous survey expedition to Tierra del Fuego and the Southern Cone, which took Charles Darwin round the world.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Robert Fitzroy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.