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John Flamsteed
John Flamsteed FRS (19 August 1646 – 31 December 1719) was an English astronomer and the first Astronomer Royal. His main achievements were the preparation of a 3,000-star catalogue, "Catalogus Britannicus", and a star atlas called "Atlas Coelestis", both published posthumously. He also made the first recorded observations of Uranus, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a star, and he laid the foundation stone for the Royal Greenwich Observatory.
Life.
Flamsteed was born in Denby, Derbyshire, England,
Observatory Archives held at Cambridge University Library)
- Baily, Francis (1835) An account of the Rev John Flamsteed, at archive.org, containing Flamsteed's own narrative of the conflict with Newton and numerous letters
- John Flamsteed Biography (SEDS)
- Rare book collection at the Vienna Institute of Astronomy
- Flamsteed biography
- "Atlas Coelestis", 1729 edition - Full digital facsimile, Linda Hall Library.
- " Atlas Céleste de Flamstéed ", 1776 French edition reproduced by J. Fortin - Full digital