John Flamsteed FRS
(1646-1719)

Fellow of the Royal Society and Astronomer Royal

Died aged c. 73

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.

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Derby, United Kingdom

John Flamsteed FRS 1646 - 1719 First Astronomer Royal First to map the heavens Inherited this house from 1868. Joseph Wright ARA 1734 - 1797 Artist of the Enlightenment lived in this house from 1793 - 1797

31, Queen Street, Derby, United Kingdom where they owned (1688-1719)