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:[John Flamsteed]? 1675? - 1719? :[Edmond Halley]? 1720 - 1742 :[James Bradley]? 1742 - 1762 :[Nathaniel Bliss]? 1762 - 1764 :[Nevil Maskelyne]? 1765 - 1811 :[John Pond]? 1811 - 1835 :[George Biddell Airy]? 1835 - 1881 :[William H.M. Christie]? 1881 - 1910 :[Frank Watson Dyson]? 1910 - 1933 :[Harold Spencer Jones]? 1933 - 1955 :[Richard van der Riet Woolley]? 1956 - 1971 :[Martin Ryle]? 1972 - 1982 :[Francis Graham Smith]? 1982 - 1990 :[Arnold Wolfendale]? 1991 - 1995 :[Martin Rees]? 1995 - |
[John Flamsteed]? became the first Astronomer Royal when the Royal Greenwich Observatory was founded in 1675. The complete list of Astronomers Royal is given in the table below.