Fitzroy, Robert

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Meteorologist and Naval officer

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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Gibbs, W. J., 'The Origins of Australian Meteorology', in Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/0805.html. [ Details ]

See Also

Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/scripts/fam-dynindex.php3?EID=P001469. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 15 September 2004

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