Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Vice-Admiral_Robert_FitzRoy
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Charles_Darwin
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkbp:birthDate 1805-07-05
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Ampton_Hall,_Suffolk,_England
gptkbp:causeOfDeath suicide
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:HMS_Beagle
gptkbp:deathDate 1865-04-30
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Norwood,_Surrey,_England
gptkbp:education gptkb:Royal_Naval_College,_Portsmouth
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:navigation
meteorology
hydrography
gptkbp:founded gptkb:UK_Meteorological_Office
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:militaryRank Vice-Admiral
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableFor captain of HMS Beagle
pioneering weather forecasting
voyage with Charles Darwin
founding the UK Meteorological Office
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:meteorologist
gptkb:naval_officer
hydrologist
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Lord_Charles_FitzRoy
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Narrative_of_the_Surveying_Voyages_of_His_Majesty's_Ships_Adventure_and_Beagle
gptkbp:relative gptkb:Augustus_FitzRoy,_3rd_Duke_of_Grafton
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Anglicanism
gptkbp:signature Robert FitzRoy signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Henrietta_O'Brien
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Meteorological_Office_(UK)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7