Site Represents a site. End Date 1865 Show Point true Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Robert FitzRoy Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived aname Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 356 Type The nature or genre of the resource Site Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,56.340721323313595,-2.7908666431903844; Description An account of the resource Vice-Admiral Robert Fitzroy was born on the 5th of July 1805 near Bury St Edmunds, South-East England. FitzRoy joined the Royal Naval Academy at 12 years old and commissioned as an officer a year later. In 1826, he was appointed meteorologist aboard the survey vessel HMS Beagle, exploring the coasts of southern Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, an archipelago at the tip southernmost of South America. <p>FitzRoy was put in command of the Beagle’s second voyage, charting South America and the Galapagos islands. He was accompanied on this 5-year expedition by Charles Darwin, and during this time Darwin would begin to develop his theory of evolution. <p>After his retirement from the Navy and his election to the Royal Society, FitzRoy was appointed as head of what today we know as the Meteorological Office. <p>He compiled shipping forecasts by having live weather data telegraphed to him from ports and ships around the country. Key to this was the nationwide issuing of barometers, which are devices used to measure air pressure. An example of a FitzRoy barometer is in St Andrews. <p>If you want to learn more about Robert FitzRoy, visit <a href="https://www.curious-sta.org/robert-fitzroy/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1805 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource amm60 Subject The topic of the resource Physics Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Europeana Type The Europeana material type of the resource. TEXT