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Beginning on a merchant ship of the [[British East India Company]], Beaufort rose (during the [[Napoleonic Wars]]) to [[midshipman]], lieutenant, commander and captain in the [[Royal Navy]]. Whereas other wartime officers sought leisurely pursuits at each opportunity, Beaufort spent his leisure time taking [[sounding]]s and [[bearings]], making astronomical observations to determine [[longitude]] and [[latitude]], and measuring shorelines. His results were compiled in new charts.
In ['''[1811]]–[[1812]], Beaufort
In [[1829]], at age 55 (retirement age for most administrative contemporaries), Beaufort became the [[United Kingdom Hydrographic Office|Hydrographer]] of the [[British Admiralty]], remaining so for 25 years, longer than his predecessors or successors. Beaufort converted what had been a minor chart repository into the finest surveying and charting institution in the world. Some of his excellent charts are still used, 200 years after he created them.
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