Francis Beaufort
1774 - 1857
- Born
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27 May 1774
Flower Hill, Navan, County Meath, Ireland, Europe
- Died
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17 December 1857
Hove, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, Europe
- Nationality
- Irish
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 30/06/1814
- Age at the time of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 40
- Occupation
- Hydrographer; Naval officer
- Relationships
- Parents: Rev Daniel Augustus Beaufort and Mary Waller of Allenstown Siblings: Frances (later fourth wife of Richard Lovell Edgeworth) Married: 1) Alicia Magdalena Wilson; 2) Honora Edgeworth Children: Francis Lestock (later Attorney General of Bengal)
- Catalogue
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- Wikipedia
- View wikipedia entry
Author of
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Copy notes, on establishing an observatory in Canada, by Francis Beaufort
Creator: Francis Beaufort Reference number: HS/19/206
Recipient of
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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Beaufort
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/3/322a -
Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Beaufort
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/3/323a -
Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Beaufort
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/3/326a -
Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Beaufort
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/3/332a -
Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Beaufort, dated at Feldhausen
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/3/343a -
Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Beaufort, dated at London
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/3/355a
Most frequently corresponded with
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Thomas Maclear
1 letter