Person

FitzRoy, Robert (1805 - 1865)

FRS

Born
5 July 1805
Ampton, Suffolk, England
Died
30 April 1865
Westow Hill, Norwood, England
Occupation
Meteorologist and Naval officer

Summary

Robert Fitzroy commanded the "Beagle" from 1832 on the voyage that included Charles Darwin as naturalist. During the 1850s and 1860s he introduced weather forecasting to Great Britain but was shunned by the scientific community and finally committed suicide.

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Books

  • Gibbs, W. J., The Origins of Australian Meteorology, Metarch Papers No. 12 (Bureau of Meteorology, 1998). Details
  • King, P. Parker, Fitzroy, Robert and Darwin, Charles, Narrative of the surveying voyages of his Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 : describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe, 3 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1839). Details
  • Tree, Isabella, The bird man: the extraordinary story of John Gould (London: Ebery Press, 2003), 246 pp. Pages 65-68, 72, 75. Details

Edited Books

  • Stanbury, David ed., A narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, being passages fron the Narrative written by Captain Robert FitzRoy, R.N., together with extracts from his logs, reports and letters; additional material from the diary and letters of Charles Darwin, notes from Midshipman Philip King and letters from Second Lieutenant Bartholomew Sullivan (London: Folio Society, 1977), 359 pp. Details

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See also

McCarthy, G.J.

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