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.

Sources

ODNB

Record of the Royal Society of London.

Volumes

1,2,3,4,5,6,12,18,25