Events: detail
Robert FitzRoy FRS: sailing into the storm
- Hosted by:
- Royal Society
- Speaker:
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Dr John Gribbin, University of Sussex
- Starts:
- November 02, 2007 at 01:00 pm
- Ends:
- November 02, 2007 at 02:00 pm
- Location:
- Royal Society, Library Reading Rooms, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AG United Kingdom
- Maps:
Description
John Gribbin is the author of more than a hundred books of popular science, including FitzRoy: the remarkable story of Darwin’s Captain and the invention of the weather forecast’. In this talk, he discusses FitzRoy’s career as captain of HMS Beagle and as a pioneering meteorologist.
- Registration required:
- Yes
- Free:
- Yes
Additional information
To register for this event please email library@royalsoc.ac.uk
For more information
- Contact person:
- The Royal Society
- Email:
- library [ at ] royalsoc.ac.uk
- Website:
- Robert FitzRoy FRS: sailing into the storm
