In uk.transport.london message Xq2dnVvfFN-DHXDRnZ2dnUVZ8v2dnZ2d@brightv
iew.co.uk, Wed, 24 Nov 2010 21:14:10, Arthur Figgis
posted:

Without googling, who, or what, was Fitzroy?

Captain of HMS Beagle of Darwin fame, Met Office bigwig, eventually
topped himself. But without Googling, I couldn't say exactly what he
did at the Met Office - founded it, maybe?

You could Wikipede "Captain FitzRoy".

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