This occurs in modern times also, as in an unlikely pair of English gentlemen Robert FitzRoy and Charles Darwin. FitzRoy was born into the aristocracy of early 19th century England.

On August 1, 1861, the British newspaper The Times published the first daily weather forecast in history. It was compiled by ...

In December of 1831 Charles Darwin sailed for Patagonia aboard the H.M.S. BEAGLE, a voyage he later described as “the most important event of my life.”The circumstances of that remarkable ...

The Remarkable Story of Darwin's Captain and the Invention of the Weather Forecast By John and Mary Gribbin Yale Univ. 336 pp. $35 Capt. Robert FitzRoy was an aristocratic, rising star in the ...

DARWIN AND THE BEAGLE by Alan Moorehead. Illustrated. 280 pages. Harper & Row. $15.Any pleasant Sunday afternoon aboard H.M.S. Beagle, outward bound from Plymouth in 1831 on a scientific voyage ...

The past year has been a year of celebration for fans of Charles Dar­win, but critics of evolution have been busy, too. Darwin's theory of evolution was explained in his book, "On the Origin of ...

By the time he was serendipitously invited to accompany Captain Robert FitzRoy on a voyage of the HMS Beagle, Darwin had become an astute and insatiable scientist, primed for significant discoveries.

First, Karp — who won the 2012 Humanitas Prize’s New Voices Award — is readying Unnatural Selection, a drama set to explore Charles Darwin and Captain Robert FitzRoy ‘s journey through the ...

It starred Malcolm Stoddard as Darwin and Andrew Burt as Captain Robert FitzRoy. The Voyage of Charles Darwin Season 1 aired on October 31st, 1978.