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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2026-04-30 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001469b.htm person FitzRoy Robert FRS AACR2 5 July 1805 30 April 1865 Place of Birth Ampton, Suffolk, England Place of Death Westow Hill, Norwood, England Meteorologist 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. Gould, John (1804 - 1881) Darwin, Charles Robert (1809 - 1882)

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 'FitzRoy, Robert', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology FitzRoy, Robert Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: The bird man: the extraordinary story of John Gould Tree, Isabella The bird man: the extraordinary story of John Gould London Ebery Press 2003 Resource Section: The Origins of Australian Meteorology Gibbs, W. J. The Origins of Australian Meteorology 2001 Federation and Meteorology Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Book: The Origins of Australian Meteorology, Metarch Papers No. 12 Gibbs, W. J. The Origins of Australian Meteorology, Metarch Papers No. 12 Bureau of Meteorology 1998 Book: 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 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 London Henry Colburn 1839 Edited Book: 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 Stanbury, David 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 Book: Fitzroy : the remarkable story of Darwin's captain and the invention of the weather forecast Gribbin, John and Gribbin, Mary Fitzroy : the remarkable story of Darwin's captain and the invention of the weather forecast London Review Press 2003 Book: Darwin and the Beagle Moorehead, Alan Darwin and the Beagle Harmondsworth, U.K. Penguin Books 1969 Resource: Federation and Meteorology Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Federation and Meteorology 2001