Francis Beaufort (1774–1857)
Naval officer and hydrographer. Retired as rear-admiral in 1846. Hydrographer to the navy, 1829–55. Originator of the Beaufort scale for wind force. Knighted, 1848. FRS 1814.
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Record of the Royal Society of London.
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