Irish hydrographer and officer of the British Royal Navy who created the Beaufort scale relating wind speed to observed conditions at sea or on land, as well as the Beaufort cipher. The wind force scale he devised in 1805 was officially adopted by the Royal Navy and later spread internationally. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Defining ContributionCreated the Beaufort wind force scale relating wind speed to observed conditions at sea or on land 1 Connections
Concepts Credited
Devised in 1805 by Francis Beaufort, a hydrographer in the British Royal Navy.
Source Beaufort Scale (Wikipedia)
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A hydrographer of the Royal Navy; his wind force scale lives on in marine meteorology.
Source Francis Beaufort (Wikipedia)
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Sir Francis Beaufort ( BOH-fərt; 27 May 1774 – 17 December 1857) was an Irish hydrographer and naval officer who created the Beaufort cipher and the Beaufort scale.
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1. Francis Beaufort (Wikipedia)
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was an Irish hydrographer and naval officer who created the Beaufort cipher and the Beaufort scale
2. Francis Beaufort (Wikidata)
P19 (place of birth)
born in Navan
P20 (place of death)
died in Hove
Wikidata item aliases (en) [1]
also known as Sir Francis Beaufort
Wikidata item aliases (en) [2]
also known as Rear-Adm. Sir Francis Beaufort
Wikidata item aliases (en) [3]
also known as F. Beaufort
P27 (country of citizenship) [1]
citizen of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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