Robert FitzRoy
Royal Navy officer, captain of HMS Beagle on its second voyage, who took Darwin as a gentleman companion.
PersonAlso known as Captain FitzRoy
5 Jul 1805 – 30 Apr 1865
- Identifiers
- Wikidata Q213756
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Appears in7 items
- Charles Darwin7 items
- Henslow’s letter: a place on the Beagle · captain29 Aug 1831
- Voyage of HMS Beagle · captain27 Dec 1831
- First landfall: St Jago, Cape Verde · captain16 Jan 1832
- The Brazilian forest, and a quarrel over slavery · opponent29 Feb 1832
- The Concepción earthquake · measurer20 Feb 1835
- Journal of Researches is published · narrative author1839
- The Oxford evolution debate · critic30 Jun 1860
