John Flamsteed

John Flamsteed FRS
Portrait by Thomas Gibson, 1712
Born	19 August 1646 Denby, Derbyshire, England
Died	31 December 1719 (aged 73) Burstow, Surrey, England
Alma mater	Jesus College, Cambridge
Known for	First Astronomer Royal
Spouse	Margaret Cooke
Scientific career
Fields	Astronomy

John Flamsteed FRS (19 August 1646 – 31 December 1719)^[a] 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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