Died 1857-12-17.
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Francis Beaufort
Sir Francis Beaufort was an Irish hydrographer and naval officer who created the Beaufort cipher and the Beaufort scale.
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science · Irish hydrographer and naval officer (1774–1857) · explorer · physicist · geographer · astronomer · meteorologist · naval officer · cartographer · admiral · also Francis Beaufort, Sir Francis Beaufort, Rear-Adm. Sir Francis Beaufort, F. Beaufort, Beaufort
Born 27 May 1774 · Died 17 December 1857 · Q21186
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1851· 1 entry
Emily Nowell Davis, daughter of Sir John Francis Davis, 1st Baronet
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1849· 1 entry
Assisted in the publication of the Admiralty Manual of Scientific Enquiry, to assist both Navy personnel and general travellers in scientific investigations, ranging from astronomy to ethnography
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1840· 1 entry
Was elected to the American Philosophical Society
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1838· 1 entry
To Honora Edgeworth, the daughter of his brother-in-law Richard Lovell Edgeworth and his second wife
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1831· 1 entry
A Scientific Branch of the Admiralty was formed, which as well as the Hydrographic Department included the great astronomical observatories at Greenwich, England, and the Cape of Good Hope, Africa, and the Nautical Alman
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1829· 1 entry
Beaufort was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, and in the same year, at the age of 55 (retirement age for most administrative contemporaries), Beaufort was appointed as the British Admiralty Hydrogra
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1817· 1 entry
Published his book Karamania; or a brief description of the South Coast of Asia Minor, and of the Remains of Antiquity
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1774· 1 entry
Born 1774-05-27.
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