Robert FitzRoy
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title:
Robert FitzRoy
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Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy was an English officer of the Royal Navy, politician and scientist who served as the second Governor of New Zealand between 1843 to 1845. 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. FitzRoy was a pioneering meteorologist who made accurate daily weather predictions, which he called by a new name of his own invention: "forecasts". In 1854 he establishe
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Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_FitzRoy
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2003-07-18T08:32:48Z
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2024-09-04T02:28:05Z
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