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Francis Beaufort

Francis Beaufort
Francis Beaufort, Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy (d. 1857)

Sir Francis Beaufort was an Irish hydrographer, the creator of the Beaufort cipher and the Beaufort scale, and a naval officer.

27 May 1774

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