Captain Robert FitzRoy

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Royal_Naval_College,_Portsmouth
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Charles_Darwin
gptkb:British_Admiralty
gptkbp:award gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkbp:birthDate 1805-07-05
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Ampton_Hall,_Suffolk,_England
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:All_Saints'_Church,_Lyndhurst
gptkbp:causeOfDeath suicide
gptkbp:children gptkb:Emily-Unah_FitzRoy
gptkb:Robert_O'Brien_FitzRoy
gptkb:Katherine_FitzRoy
gptkb:Laura_Maria_Elizabeth_FitzRoy
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:HMS_Adventure
gptkb:HMS_Beagle
gptkbp:deathDate 1865-04-30
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Lyndhurst,_Hampshire,_England
gptkbp:founded gptkb:Met_Office
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Captain Robert FitzRoy
gptkbp:influenced development of weather forecasting
gptkbp:knownFor captain of HMS Beagle
pioneering weather forecasting
companion of Charles Darwin
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:FitzRoy_River_(named_after_him)
gptkb:FitzRoy_barometer
FitzRoy Island (named after him)
FitzRoy Station (named after him)
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Geographical_Society
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Second_voyage_of_HMS_Beagle_(1831–1836)
Survey of South American coasts
introduction of storm warning systems
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Narrative_of_the_Surveying_Voyages_of_His_Majesty's_Ships_Adventure_and_Beagle
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:meteorologist
gptkb:naval_officer
hydrologist
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Lady_Frances_Stewart
gptkb:Lord_Charles_FitzRoy
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:The_Weather_Book:_A_Manual_of_Practical_Meteorology
gptkbp:rank Vice-Admiral
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Anglican
gptkbp:signature Robert FitzRoy signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Henrietta_O'Brien
gptkbp:title Captain
Vice-Admiral
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Fitzroy_River
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5