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Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Vice-Admiral_Robert_FitzRoy
GPTKB entity
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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
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