Flamsteed, John (1646-1719)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 3623. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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History And Archaeoastronomy, Biographies

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Born in Denby, Derbyshire, England, the first Astronomer Royal, a term then synonymous with director of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, whose creation he had proposed directly to King Charles II. The observatory was completed in 1675, and the King appointed Flamsteed at a salary from which he had to provide his own instruments. Flamsteed was a skilled observer, making the most accurate measurem...

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