Robert FitzRoy
1805 - 1865
- Born
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05 July 1805
Ampton Hall, Suffolk, England
- Died
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30 April 1865
Upper Norwood, London
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 05/06/1851
- Relationships
- Son of Lord Charles Fitzroy (1764-1829) and Lady Frances Anne Stewart (d 1810); married (1836) Maria Henrietta (d 5 April 1852), daughter of Major General Edward James O'Brien; married (1854) Maria Isabella Smyth
- Catalogue
- View catalogue entry
- Wikipedia
- View wikipedia entry
Author of
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Unpublished paper, 'Magnetic observations at the Royal Observatory Cape of Good Hope' by Robert FitzRoy
Creator: Robert FitzRoy Reference number: AP/16/12 -
Weather report, from Robert FitzRoy to Sir John Herschel, dated at Meteorological Department, Parliament Street, London
Creator: Robert FitzRoy Reference number: HS/7/258a
Recipient of
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Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Robert FitzRoy, dated at Feldhausen
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/7/248 -
Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Robert FitzRoy, dated at Collingwood
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/7/249 -
Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Robert FitzRoy, dated at Collingwood
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/7/254 -
Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Admiral Robert FitzRoy
Creator: William Henry Smyth Reference number: HS/16/315 -
Copy of a draft letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to Robert FitzRoy, dated at Feldhausen
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/21/216 -
Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Robert FitzRoy, dated at Collingwood
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/23/229
Most frequently corresponded with
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John Frederick William Herschel
43 letters -
William Henry Smyth
1 letter -
Margaret Herschel
1 letter