Robert FitzRoy Politician
Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy RN (5 July 1805 – 30 April 1865) was a career officer of the Royal Navy and a scientist. He achieved lasting fame as the captain of HMS Beagle during Charles Darwin's famous voyage, FitzRoy's second expedition to Tierra del Fuego and the Southern Cone. He was a pioneering meteorologist who made accurate weather forecasting a reality and created systems to get weather information to sailors and fishermen for their safety. He was an able surveyor and hydrographer. As Governor of New Zealand, serving from 1843 to 1845, he tried to protect the Maori from illegal land sales claimed by British settlers.
Personal facts
| Birth date | July 05, 1805 |
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| Date of death | April 30, 1865 |
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Office holder
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| office | Governor of New Zealand |
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Topical connections
Robert FitzRoy on Wikipedia
External resources
- http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qNK7AAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22robert+fitzroy%22+weather+book#v=onepage&q=&f=false
- http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=F10.2&viewtype=text&pageseq=1
- http://royalsociety.org/events/2007/robert-fitzroy
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A2344736
- http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32483678
- http://www.britishhistoricalarchive.cl/Fitzroy/MonolitoFitzRoy1.jpg
- http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=1F12
- http://www.gg.govt.nz/node/1309
- http://www.juliantrubin.com/fitzroy.html
- http://www.nuestro.cl/notas/rescate/fitz_roy1.htm