Francis Beaufort KCB FRS FRGS FRAS MRIA (/ˈboʊfərt/ BOH-fərt; 27 May 1774 – 17 December 1857) was an Irish hydrographer, the creator of the Beaufort cipher...

be another's "soft breeze"—: Beaufort succeeded in standardising a scale. The scale was devised in 1805 by Francis Beaufort (later Rear Admiral), a hydrographer...

Francis Beaufort (1774–1857) was an Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy. Francis Beaufort may also refer to: Francis Lestock Beaufort (1815–1879)...

Francis Lestock Beaufort (1815–1879), was a son of Sir Francis Beaufort and the author of the Digest of I Criminal Law Procedure in Bengal (1850). Dictionary...

Ferdinand de Beaufort (1879–1968), Dutch biologist Beaufort or de Beaufort is also the surname of members of a particular Huguenot family Count Francis de Beaufort...

Turkish-speaking Orthodox Christian group originally from the area. In 1811–12, Francis Beaufort, then the captain of HMS Fredericksteen in the British Navy, was tasked...

named after Sir Francis Beaufort, a hydrographer. The Mackenzie River, the longest in Canada, empties into the Canadian part of the Beaufort Sea west of Tuktoyaktuk...

The Beaufort cipher, created by Sir Francis Beaufort, is a substitution cipher similar to the Vigenère cipher, with a slightly modified enciphering mechanism...

level. At the 2016 census, Beaufort had a population of 1,539. The town takes its name either from Rear-Admiral Francis Beaufort or a Welsh village in Monmouthshire...

The Beaufort Gyre is one of the two major ocean currents in the Arctic Ocean. It is roughly located north of the Alaskan and Canadian coast. In the past...

François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort (16 January 1616 – 25 June 1669) was the son of César, Duke of Vendôme, and Françoise de Lorraine. He was a prominent...

distinguished from weather presenters who have only a communication degree. Francis Beaufort, inventor of the wind scale that bears his name. Vilhelm Bjerknes,...

Count Francis de Beaufort (1661–1714) was an English-born Dutch mercenary. In 1710 became court chancellor to the prince of Lippe-Detmold. He served in...

Homer's description of the monster. The site was identified by Sir Francis Beaufort in 1811, as the modern Turkish Yanar or Yanartaş, which was described...

entrance gate today. The gate was rediscovered by the Irish hydrographer Francis Beaufort in 1817, while commanding on HMS Fridericksteen. Hadrian's Gate consists...

Cape Beaufort is a cape on the coast of Chukchi Sea in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. Cape Beaufort was named in 1826 for Captain Francis Beaufort...

The highest mountain in the Beaufort Range is Mount Joan at 1,556 m (5,105 ft). The range is named for Sir Francis Beaufort, hydrographer to the Royal...

Ysidro Francis Edgeworth – the order of his forenames later reversed – was born in Edgeworthstown, County Longford, Ireland, the son of Francis Beaufort Edgeworth...

was called Mount Chimaera. An Irish-born British naval officer named Francis Beaufort surveyed the region in 1811 and concluded that Yanartaş was the fabled...

sometimes referred to as "Variant Beaufort". It is different from the Beaufort cipher, created by Francis Beaufort, which is similar to Vigenère but uses...

Honora Sneyd and to Frances Beaufort, older sister of Francis Beaufort of the Royal Navy. Edgeworth and Francis Beaufort installed a semaphore line for...

twinned with the following places: Bobbio, Italy Broccostella, Italy Francis Beaufort, scientist and naval officer Pierce Brosnan, actor Shane Cassells,...

Joan Beaufort (c. 1404 – 15 July 1445) was Queen of Scots from 1424 to 1437 as the spouse of King James I. During part of the minority of her son James...

has been considered a "hurricane" on the Beaufort scale since it was designed by Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort by 1806, and is now classified a Category 1...

Napoleonic Wars during which service she captured many prizes. Francis Beaufort, inventor of the Beaufort Wind-Scale, was a lieutenant on Phaeton when he distinguished...

entrepreneurship discovered by Richard Cantillon. 1805: Beaufort scale invented by Francis Beaufort. 1809: Milk of Magnesia discovered by James Murray. 1813:...

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Ross in 1841. Ross named the island for Sir Francis Beaufort, hydrographer to the British Royal Navy. Beaufort Island is the eroded remains of a basaltic...

Clonenagh in Ireland. De Beaufort was born in Wessel, Westphalia in 1700. He was the seventh child of Count Francis de Beaufort, court chancellor to the...

British naval officer Francis Beaufort nearly drowned and reported experiencing a life review. In 1847, a letter by Beaufort recalling the incident was...