{"id":9391,"date":"2017-04-30T16:00:39","date_gmt":"2017-04-30T16:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nowyouknowabout.com\/?p=9391"},"modified":"2017-05-01T09:53:05","modified_gmt":"2017-05-01T09:53:05","slug":"remember-captain-fitzroy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nowyouknowabout.com\/?p=9391","title":{"rendered":"Remember Captain Fitzroy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nDear Robert Fitzroy….think of him today on the anniversary of his suicide in 1865. He took HMS Beagle on its famous journey with Charles Darwin onboard as a gentleman companion for the voyage. He was a pioneer of weather forecasting – sounds boring but it was actually ground-breaking at that time. The Royal Navy made him a Vice-Admiral but he suffered from depression and this led him to kill himself at only 59. An undeserved ending of a meaningful life. Read This Thing of Darkness<\/a> by Harry Thompson, one of the best books I’ve ever read. Full stop. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear Robert Fitzroy….think of him today on the anniversary of his suicide in 1865. He took HMS Beagle on its famous journey with Charles Darwin onboard as a gentleman companion for the voyage. He was…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9388,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\n