Francis Beaufort

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Francis Beaufort

Beaufort, Sir Francis (1774–1857), naval officer and hydrographer

Oxford Biography Index Number 101001857 [what is this?]
http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101001857/Francis-Beaufort Primary authority: Oxford DNB

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J. K. Laughton, ‘Beaufort, Sir Francis (1774–1857)’, rev. N. A. M. Rodger, first published 2004; online edn, Jan 2008, 1268 words, with portrait illustration

http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/1857

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