François de Beaufort

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Mathematician
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:French_Navy
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Académie_des_Sciences
gptkbp:awards Legion of Honor
Order of Saint Louis
Royal_Society_Fellow
gptkbp:birthDate 1731-01-01
gptkbp:contribution Research on tides
Studies in navigation
Studies in ocean currents
Beaufort_scale_for_wind_force
gptkbp:deathDate 1819-01-01
gptkbp:education gptkb:École_Navale
gptkbp:field Hydrology
Mathematics
Meteorology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label François de Beaufort
gptkbp:influence Weather forecasting
Marine science
Modern meteorology
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Henri_Poincaré
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Pierre-Simon_Laplace
gptkbp:inventor gptkb:Beaufort_wind_force_scale
Beaufort_scale_for_maritime_navigation
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Beaufort_scale
gptkbp:legacy Contributions to naval science
Impact on climate studies
Beaufort_scale_still_in_use
gptkbp:nationality French
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Gustave_Eiffel
gptkb:Paul_Painlevé
gptkb:Jean-Baptiste_Joseph_Fourier
gptkb:Henri_Becquerel
gptkb:Émile_Picard
gptkbp:occupation Mathematician
Meteorologist
Hydrologist
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Paris
gptkbp:work Fluid dynamics
Mathematical analysis
Oceanography