Title

'Flamstead', (1646-1719), 1830. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

'Flamstead', (1646-1719), 1830. John Flamsteed (1646-1719) English astronomer educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, who made the first recorded observations of Uranus, became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1677 and laid the foundation stone for the Royal Greenwich Observatory. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830]

Date

1830

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F37_141

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NA

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NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60,5Mb (2,6Mb) / 13,8in x 17,0in / 4150 x 5097 (300dpi)

Keywords

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