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John Flamsteed

English astronomer and the first Astronomer Royal

  • Married to Margaret Flamsteed
  • Dated 19 August 1646 CE (Old Style) – 31 December 1719 CE (Old Style)

Overview

English astronomer and the first Astronomer RoyalWikidata record description. Read John Flamsteed in the Wikipedia reader.

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Roles and affiliation

Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.

Offices held 1

  1. 4 March 1675 CE – 31 December 1719 CE Astronomer Royal Number 1 in the sequence Succeeded by Edmond Halley Has references

Family tree

The family as a list · 1

Family 1

Teachers and students

Teaching passed from one person to another, in the direction of the arrows — not ancestry, and not succession.

John Flamsteed English astronomer and the first Astronomer Royal
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