Robert FitzRoy

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1805-07-05
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Ampton_Hall,_Suffolk,_England
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:All_Saints_Church,_Upper_Norwood
gptkbp:causeOfDeath suicide
gptkbp:child gptkb:Emily-Unah_FitzRoy
gptkb:Frances_FitzRoy
gptkb:Robert_O'Brien_FitzRoy
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:HMS_Beagle
gptkbp:contribution established first daily weather forecasts
invented the storm warning system
gptkbp:deathDate 1865-04-30
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Norwood,_London,_England
gptkbp:education gptkb:Royal_Naval_College,_Portsmouth
gptkbp:governor gptkb:New_Zealand
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Robert FitzRoy
gptkbp:knownFor captain of HMS Beagle
governor of New Zealand
pioneering weather forecasting
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:FitzRoy_River_(named_after_him)
gptkb:FitzRoy_barometer
Fitzroy, New Zealand (named after him)
Fitzroy, South Australia (named after him)
Fitzroy, Victoria (named after him)
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableCompanion gptkb:Charles_Darwin
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Voyage_of_the_Beagle
gptkb:Weather_Book
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:meteorologist
gptkb:naval_officer
hydrologist
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Lady_Frances_Stewart
gptkb:Lord_Charles_FitzRoy
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:William_Hobson
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Narrative_of_the_Surveying_Voyages_of_His_Majesty's_Ships_Adventure_and_Beagle
gptkbp:rank Vice-Admiral
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Anglicanism
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Henrietta_O'Brien
gptkbp:successor gptkb:George_Grey
gptkbp:termEnd 1845
gptkbp:termStart 1843
gptkbp:title gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkb:Governor_of_New_Zealand
Vice-Admiral
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Charles_Darwin's_voyage_on_HMS_Beagle
gptkb:Narrative_of_the_Surveying_Voyages_of_His_Majesty's_Ships_Adventure_and_Beagle
gptkb:FitzRoy_family
gptkb:Mount_Fitz_Roy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5