| Authorised form of name | Beechey; Frederick William (1796 - 1856); naval officer and hydrographer |
| Dates | 1796 - 1856 |
| Date of birth | 17 February 1796 |
| Date of death | 29 November 1856 |
| Activity | Career:
Entered Royal Navy
|
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 23/12/1824 |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
VP 1855-1856 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1856-1857 vol 8 pp 283-287
References:
D Carr Agnew, 'Robert Fitzroy and the myth of 'Marsden Square': Transatlantic rivalries in early marine meteorology' in NR 2004 vol 58 pp 21-46
Sonia Bershad 'The Drawings and watercolours by F W Beechey 1796-1856 in the collection of the Arctic Institute of North America, university of Calgary' in Arctic, vol 33, no 2, June 1980 [X430/12] |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/194159905 |
| Code | NA5564 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| MC/4/224 | Letter from Captain [Frederick William] Beechey, 8 Westbourne Crescent, to [Samuel Hunter] Christie, [Secretary of the Royal Society] | 23 March 1848 |
| MM/17/12 | Letter from FW Beechey to Edward Sabine | 19 February 1855 |
| IM/Maull/000317 | Beechey, Frederick William | nd |
| IM/000318 | Beechey, Frederick William | nd |
| RR/2/24 | Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'Report of observations made upon the tidal streams of the English Channel and the German Ocean' by Frederick William Beechey | 24 March 1851 |
| MS/426/457 | Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Admiral Sir F [Francis] Beaufort | 23 January 1852 |
| MS/426/342 | Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Capt F W [Frederick William] Beechey | 25 September 1848 |
| EC/1824/16 | Beechey, Frederick William: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| PT/42/15 | Paper, 'Report of observations made upon the tidal streams of the English Channel and the German Ocean' by Captain F W [Frederick William] Beechey | 11 March 1851 |
| MC/4/225 | Letter from [William Alexander Baillie-] Hamilton, [Second Secretary to the] Admiralty, to the Earl [Marquis] of Northampton, [President of the Royal Society], Piccadilly | 30 March 1848 |
| MC/5/30 | Letter from G B [George Biddell] Airy, Royal Observatory Greenwich, to S H [Samuel Hunter] Christie, Secretary of the Royal Society | 31 January 1852 |
| MC/4 | Volume 4 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1844-1850 |
| MC/5/42 | Letter from Aug [Augustus] Stafford, Admiralty, to the Earl of Rosse, [President of the Royal Society], Castle Parsonstown | 26 April 1852 |
| MS/426/466 | Copy letter from S H [Samuel Hunter] Christie, Secretary of the Royal Society; to A Stafford Esq | 13 May 1852 |
| MC/5 | Volume 5 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1851-1858 |
| PT/34/6 | Paper, 'Report of experiments made upon the tides in the Irish Sea, and upon the great similarity of tidal phenomena between the Irish and English Channels, and the importance of extending the experiments round the lands end and up the English Channel' in a letter from Captain F W [Frederick William] Beechey to the Hydrographer [Francis Beaufort] | 19 February 1848 |
| RR/1/22 | Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'Report of observations made upon the tides in the Irish Sea, and upon the great similarity of tidal phenomena of the Irish and English Channels, and the importance of extending the experiments round the Land's End and up the English Channel. Embodied in a letter to the hydrographer' by Frederick William Beechey | 29 February 1848 |
| MA/156/2 | Letter from Frederick William Beechey, Board of Trade, to Charles Richard Weld | 28 December 1852 |