Robert Fitzroy – Biography of Robert Fitzroy
Robert Fitzroy, born July 5, 1805, at Ampton Hall, near Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, was a British naval officer, hydrographer, and meteorologist, who commanded the voyage of HMS Beagle around the world , with naturalist {bio: Charles Darwin} on board. The trip provided Darwin with much of the material on which he based his … Read more