biography
| name: |
Beaufort, Sir Francis
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pronunciation:
[bohfert]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1774–1857)
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| biography:
| Naval officer, born in Navan, Co Meath, E Ireland. He devised the Beaufort scale (1805) of wind force and a tabulated system of weather registration, and was appointed hydrographer to the British navy (1829–55). He was promoted to rear-admiral in 1846. |
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