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Flamsteed John. 1646--1719, English astronomer: the first Astronomer Royal and first director of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich (1675). He increased the accuracy of existing stellar catalogues, greatly aiding navigation How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He had heated run-ins with Robert Hooke over optics, with John Flamsteed, England's Astronomer Royal, over the control of astronomical data, and with the German mathematician gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz over which of them invented calculus (historians say the two men invented calculus independently of one another). In 1696 he published an account of a magnifying glass that interested the Royal Society and from then on he frequently sent the Society and his patron, English Astronomer Royal John Flamsteed, ideas for simple but revealing experiments and reports of geological and astronomical observations. Charles II appoints John Flamsteed to the new post of Astronomer Royal. |
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