Born Denby, Derbyshire, England, 19 August 1646
Died Greenwich, England, 31 December 1719
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Kollerstrom, N. (2007). Flamsteed, John. In: Hockey, T., et al. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_462
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