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Robert Fitzroy

Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

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Robert Fitzroy was a Royal Navy officer and scientist who lived from 1805 to 1865. Though specific details about his achievements are not provided here, his dual role as a naval commander and scientist suggests he made contributions to both maritime exploration and scientific inquiry during the nineteenth century.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1805
Died: 1865
Works: 11

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Barometer manual. Board of Trade. 1861
Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836
A narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle
Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle
Narración de los viajes de levantamientos de los buques de S.M. "Adventure" y "Beagle" en los años 1826 a 1836

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Type: Person
Country: FR
Active from: 1979

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5 total works indexed

Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density

Article

Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy FRS (5 July 1805 – 30 April 1865) was an English officer of the Royal Navy, politician and scientist who served as the second governor of New Zealand between 1843 and 1845.

He achieved lasting fame as the captain of HMS Beagle during FitzRoy's famous survey expedition to Tierra del Fuego and the Southern Cone, which took Charles Darwin round the world.