Flamsteed
Americannoun
noun
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John Flamsteed from Derby was the first person to fill the role.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2025
The phrase ‘data upon request’ has been annoying scientists since it caused a spat between Isaac Newton and John Flamsteed in 1695.
From Nature ● Dec. 19, 2019
In the book, Skaife says that the usual explanation begins with sky watcher John Flamsteed complaining to King Charles II about the wild ravens interfering with the celestial observations he performed at the Tower.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 4, 2019
She published a catalogue of stars in 1798 through the Royal Society, which significantly updated and corrected the one published by the first astronomer royal, John Flamsteed, in 1725.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 16, 2016
Indeed John Flamsteed, the Astronomer Royal, noted that there was ‘emulation’, and even bad blood, between Cassini, the established authority, and Rømer, the upstart.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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