| LC control no. | no2002095335 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Beaufort, Francis, Sir, 1774-1857 |
| Associated country | Ireland England Great Britain |
| Associated place | Turkey Hackney (London, England) |
| Located | London (England) |
| Birth date | 1774-05-27 |
| Death date | 1857-12-17 |
| Place of birth | Navan (Ireland) |
| Place of death | Hove (England) |
| Field of activity | Hydrography Winds--Measurement Naval art and science Discoveries in geography Astronomy Geography |
| Affiliation | Great Britain. Royal Navy Royal Astronomical Society Royal Observatory, Greenwich Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) |
| Profession or occupation | Hydrographers Explorers Aquatic scientists Admirals Geographers Surveyors Astronomers Meteorologists |
| Found in | Gale force 10, 2002: page vi (Francis Beaufort) jacket flap (Sir Francis Beaufort KCB, 1774-1857) OCLC, April 10, 2018: (access point: Beaufort, Francis, Sir, 1774-1857; Beaufort, Francis; Beaufort, Francis, Sir; usage: Francis Beaufort, F. Beaufort) Internet Archive, viewed November 16, 2016: Catalogue of the library of the Patent office (Beaufort, Sir Francis. See Submarine. The submarine Propeller, or Archimedean Screw. From the "United Service Mag." 1846. 8°. (212)) Wikipedia, April 10, 2018: Francis Beaufort (Rear Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort; KCB; FRS; FRGS; FRAS; MRIA; 27 May 1774-17 December 1857; Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy; creator of the Beaufort Scale for indicating wind force; born at Navan on 27 May 1774; appointed a Captain on 30 May 1810 in the Royal Navy; 1811-1812, charted and explored southern Anatolia, locating many classical ruins; 1829 elected as a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, and at age 55 was appointed as the British Admiralty Hydrographer of the Navy; council member of the Royal Society, the Royal Observatory, and the Royal Geographic Society; retired from the Royal Navy with the rank of Rear Admiral on 1 October 1846. He became "Sir Francis Beaufort" on being appointed KCB (Knight Commander of the Bath) on 29 April 1848; He died on 17 December 1857 at age 83 in Hove, Sussex, England. He is buried in the church gardens of St John at Hackney, London, where his tomb may still be seen. His home in London, No. 51 Manchester Street, Westminster, is marked by an historic blue plaque noting his residency and achievements) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Beaufort> |
| Associated language | eng |
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